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Reducing carbon emissions

11 Sep 2018

Q. How important is it for the Federal Government to agree to a policy for reducing carbon emissions to address climate change?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other
Total important 69%   80% 62% 95% 57%
Total not important 23%   14% 32% 1% 36%
Very important 33%   43% 21% 63% 28%
Quite important 36%   37% 41% 32% 29%
Not very important 15%   11% 21% 1% 20%
Not at all important 8%   3% 11% 16%
Don’t know 9%   6% 6% 4% 8%

 

69% think it is important for the Federal Government to agree to a policy for reducing carbon emissions to address climate change ands 23% think it is not important.

A majority of all voter groups think it is important – including 80% of Labor voters and 62% of LNP voters.

 

 

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