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  • Oct, 2012

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    Support or oppose the carbon tax

    Q. Do you support or oppose the Government’s carbon pricing scheme which was introduced in July 2012 and requires industries to pay a tax based on the amount of carbon pollution they emit?

     

    7 Mar 2011

    14 June 2011

    19 Sep 2011

    21 Nov 2011

    25 Jun 2012

    This week

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total support

    35%

    38%

    37%

    38%

    35%

    38%

    65%

    15%

    69%

    Total oppose

    48%

    49%

    52%

    53%

    54%

    48%

    22%

    76%

    18%

    Strongly support

    9%

    13%

    14%

    14%

    14%

    12%

    26%

    2%

    25%

    Support

    26%

    25%

    23%

    24%

    21%

    26%

    39%

    13%

    44%

    Oppose

    19%

    19%

    17%

    17%

    19%

    22%

    15%

    29%

    16%

    Strongly oppose

    29%

    30%

    35%

    36%

    35%

    26%

    7%

    47%

    2%

    Don’t know

    18%

    13%

    12%

    10%

    11%

    14%

    13%

    8%

    12%

    Whereas the majority of respondents have opposed the carbon tax since September 2011, this week’s results show that those opposed has fallen 6 points to 48%.

    Support for the carbon tax over the same period (since September 2011) has not changed significantly, although since the last time the question was polled in June 2012, support has risen 3 points from 35% to 38%.

    Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters were the most likely to support the carbon tax (69%), whereas Coalition voters were the most likely to oppose it 76%.

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