Q. The Labor Party recently announced their policy to tackle climate change which includes a target of reducing Australia’s carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 (compared to the Coalition Government’s target of 26-28%) and introducing an emissions trading scheme. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 57% | 76% | 36% | 88% | 59% | |
| Total disapprove | 21% | 6% | 44% | 2% | 23% | |
| Strongly approve | 22% | 38% | 8% | 40% | 16% | |
| Approve | 35% | 38% | 28% | 48% | 43% | |
| Disapprove | 10% | 4% | 20% | 1% | 10% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 11% | 2% | 24% | 1% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 20% | 10% | 19% |
57% approve of the Labor Party’s carbon emissions policy and 21% disapprove.
Those more likely to approve were Labor voters (76%), Greens voters (88%) and aged 18-34 (70%).
Those more likely to disapprove were Liberal/National voters (44%) and aged 55+ (39%).