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  • Dec, 2014

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    Expansion of coal industry

    Q. Do you think Australia should or should not continue to expand our coal industry – including approving new mines and building railway lines and ports? 

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Should continue to expand

    34%

    30%

    52%

    9%

    26%

    Should not continue to expand

    40%

    46%

    26%

    83%

    48%

    Don’t know

    26%

    24%

    21%

    8%

    25%

    40% believe that Australia’s coal industry should not continue to expand and 34% think it should.

    Highest support for continued expansion of the coal industry came from Liberal/National voters (52%), men (39%) and aged 65+ (43%).

    46% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters thought the coal industry should not continue to expand.

  • Jul, 2011

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    Phasing out Australia’s Coal Industry

    Q. Do you agree or disagree that Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050? (This question is commissioned by Network Ten).

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Men Women Age

    18-34

    Aged

    35-54

    Aged 55+
    Total agree 37% 47% 26% 66% 41% 34% 40% 37% 35%
    Total disagree 39% 28% 53% 20% 44% 33% 33% 35% 51%
    Strongly agree 13% 19% 7% 36% 17% 10% 13% 14% 13%
    Agree 24% 28% 19% 30% 24% 24% 27% 23% 22%
    Disagree 26% 23% 32% 12% 29% 22% 25% 24% 30%
    Strongly disagree 13% 5% 21% 8% 15% 11% 8% 11% 21%
    Don’t know 24% 24% 21% 14% 15% 33% 27% 28% 14%

    Respondents were nearly evenly split over whether Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050 – 37% agreed and 39% disagreed.

    Highest levels of agreement were shown by Greens voters (66%), Labor voters (47%) and those aged under 35 (40%)

    Highest levels of disagreement were shown by Liberal/National voters (53%) and those aged 55+ (51%).

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