Q. Would you support a clean energy target to support investment in new energy supply and to reduce carbon emissions if it resulted in energy prices increasing by the following amounts?
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Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Neither support nor oppose | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | |
| No change to prices | 75% | 6% | 50% | 25% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 7% | |
| Prices rise by 5% | 41% | 32% | 12% | 29% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 7% | |
| Prices rise by 10% | 21% | 50% | 6% | 15% | 21% | 22% | 28% | 8% | |
| Prices rise by 20% | 8% | 67% | 3% | 5% | 17% | 23% | 44% | 8% | |
| Prices rise by more than 20% | 7% | 73% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 19% | 54% | 8% |
75% would support a clean energy target if it did not result in an increase to energy prices, and 41% would support it if the price rise was limited to 5%. A majority would oppose a clean energy target which resulted in any greater increase in energy prices.
18-24 year olds were willing to accept greater increases in energy prices, with 38% supporting a clean energy target which raised prices by 10% and only 28% opposing it, as were Greens voters (48% support and 25% oppose)
Those aged 65+ were less willing to accept any increase in energy prices, with 36% supporting a clean energy target with raised energy prices by 5%, and 44% opposing.