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  • Jun, 2012

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    Approval of Marine Reserves

    Q. The Federal Government recently announced plans to protect large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves. Do you approve or disapprove of these plans?

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    70%

    79%

    62%

    89%

    Total disapprove

    13%

    8%

    22%

    1%

    Strongly approve

    35%

    45%

    23%

    64%

    Approve

    35%

    34%

    39%

    25%

    Disapprove

    9%

    6%

    15%

    1%

    Strongly disapprove

    4%

    2%

    7%

    Don’t know

    16%

    13%

    16%

    10%

    70% approved of the Federal Government’s plans to protect large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves and 13% disapproved.

    Approval was similar across all demographic groups – no group recorded approval lower than 65%.

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