Q. The Federal Government has announced that it has postponed introducing an emissions trading scheme (ETS) to address climate change for 3 years. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision not to introduce an ETS for 3 years?
| Total | Labor voters | Lib/Nat voters | Greens voters | |
| Total approve | 38% | 40% | 47% | 21% |
| Total disapprove | 41% | 40% | 37% | 76% |
| Strongly approve | 12% | 9% | 19% | 7% |
| Approve | 26% | 31% | 28% | 14% |
| Disapprove | 27% | 31% | 25% | 30% |
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 9% | 12% | 46% |
| Don’t know | 22% | 20% | 16% | 4% |
Opinions are divided over the Government postponing a decision on introducing an ETS – 38% approve and 41% disapprove.
Labor voters are evenly split (40% approve/40% disapprove) while Liberal/National voters are a little more likely to approve (47% approve/37% disapprove). 76% of Greens voters disapprove and 21% approve.
46% of men approve (39% disapprove) compared to 31% of women (43% disapprove).