Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the proposed mining tax?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| A mining tax is needed so that more of the profits of mining companies are kept in Australia instead of being sent overseas. | 57% | 24% | 26% | 31% | 15% | 9% | 19% |
| A mining tax will hurt business and undermine the country’s economic recovery. | 36% | 44% | 13% | 23% | 29% | 15% | 20% |
| It’s about time all corporations, including the miners, started paying their fair share of taxes. | 62% | 19% | 26% | 36% | 13% | 6% | 18% |
| A miners’ tax is just another example of the Gillard ALP’s anti-business attitude. | 34% | 45% | 16% | 18% | 24% | 21% | 21% |
| The mining companies make huge profits from resources which belong to all Australians, so all Australians should benefit from these large profits. | 67% | 15% | 34% | 33% | 12% | 3% | 18% |
There was strong agreement that all corporations, including the miners, started paying their fair share of taxes (62%) and that all Australians should benefit from the large profits of mining companies (67%). Respondents were more likely to disagree that a mining tax will hurt business and undermine the country’s economic recovery (44% disagree/36% agree) and that the tax is just another example of the Gillard ALP’s anti-business attitude (45% disagree/34% agree).