Q. To address climate change, would you support or oppose setting a clean energy target (CET) which means that a set percentage of energy would have to be generated from clean sources (e.g. wind, solar, etc.)?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 64% | 73% | 61% | 87% | 50% | |
| Total oppose | 10% | 4% | 16% | 3% | 10% | |
| Strongly support | 30% | 35% | 25% | 56% | 23% | |
| Support | 34% | 38% | 36% | 31% | 27% | |
| Neither support nor oppose | 18% | 18% | 19% | 7% | 23% | |
| Oppose | 3% | <1% | 6% | 1% | 4% | |
| Strongly oppose | 7% | 3% | 10% | 2% | 6% | |
| Don’t know | 8% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 6% |
Q. To address climate change, would you support or oppose establishing an emissions intensity scheme (EIS) – which means that pollution over a certain level would be taxed?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 54% | 62% | 50% | 77% | 44% | |
| Total oppose | 15% | 9% | 20% | 7% | 22% | |
| Strongly support | 23% | 27% | 16% | 53% | 22% | |
| Support | 31% | 35% | 34% | 24% | 22% | |
| Neither support nor oppose | 21% | 20% | 21% | 12% | 26% | |
| Oppose | 7% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 6% | |
| Strongly oppose | 8% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 16% | |
| Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 8% |
Both policies for addressing climate change were supported by a majority of respondents.
64% support a clean energy target and 54% support an emissions intensity scheme.
10% oppose CET and 15% oppose an EIS.
Those most likely to support a CET were Labor voters (73%), Greens voters (87%), aged 18-24 (72%) and university educated (70%).
Those most likely to oppose a CET were Liberal/National voters (16%) and aged 65+ (25%).
Those most likely to support an EIS were Labor voters (62%), Greens voters (77%) and university educated (62%).
Those most likely to oppose an EIS were Liberal/National voters (20%), other party voters (22%) and aged 65+ (28%).