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Doing enough to address climate change

4 Dec 2018

Q. As far as you know, do you think Australia is doing enough, not enough or too much to address climate change?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other Aug 2015 Mar 2016 Aug 2016 Dec 2016 Sep 2017 Oct 2018
Doing enough 24% 23% 32% 10% 24% 24% 21% 22% 22% 20% 23%
Not doing enough 53% 63% 42% 82% 53% 53% 57% 52% 49% 56% 56%
Doing too much 9% 3% 14% 1% 9% 7% 8% 8% 11% 8% 7%
Don’t know 14% 11% 12% 7% 14% 16% 13% 18% 18% 16% 13%

Just over half (53%) think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change. This has not statistically changed from October 2018.

Those people most likely to think Australia was not doing enough include women (58%), Greens voters (82%) and Labor voters (63%).

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