Q. Which of the following actions on climate change do you most support?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Oct 13 |
Apr 14 |
|
| Keeping the carbon tax |
16% |
31% |
2% |
40% |
4% |
15% |
17% |
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| Replacing the carbon tax with an emissions trading scheme |
22% |
29% |
16% |
28% |
23% |
21% |
22% |
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| Replacing the carbon tax with the Liberal’s “direct action” plan |
9% |
1% |
20% |
7% |
10% |
15% |
12% |
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| Dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it at all |
33% |
21% |
45% |
10% |
49% |
31% |
30% |
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| Don’t know |
19% |
18% |
17% |
15% |
14% |
18% |
19% |
33% think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced, 22% support replacing it with an emissions trading scheme, 9% prefer the Liberal’s “direct action” plan and 16% think the Government should keep the carbon tax. Since this question was asked in April, support for dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it has increased from 30% to 33% and support for the “direct action” plan dropped 3 points to 9%.
Those most likely to support keeping the tax or changing to an emissions trading scheme were Labor voters (60%) and Greens voters (68%) and those with a university education (47%).
Those most likely to think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced were Liberal/National voters (45%) and other party voters (49%). Only 20% of Liberal/National voters preferred the Liberal’s “direct action” plan.