Q. Which of the following actions on climate change do you most support?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Keeping the carbon tax |
15% |
30% |
2% |
44% |
4% |
|
| Replacing the carbon tax with an emissions trading scheme |
21% |
25% |
15% |
35% |
24% |
|
| Replacing the carbon tax with the Liberal’s “direct action” plan |
15% |
2% |
28% |
3% |
19% |
|
| Dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it at all |
31% |
25% |
41% |
5% |
35% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
18% |
14% |
14% |
17% |
31% think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced, 21% support replacing it with an emissions trading scheme, 15% prefer the Liberal’s “direct action” plan and 15% think the Government should keep the carbon tax.
Those most likely to support keeping the tax or changing to an emissions trading scheme were Labor voters (55%) and Greens voters (79%), people aged under 25 (59%) and those with a university education (45%).
Those most likely to think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced were Liberal/National voters (41%) and those who had no post-secondary education (42%). Only 28% of Liberal/National voters preferred the Liberal’s “direct action” plan.