Credibility of Scientists

Q. Do you agree or disagree that the current public campaign against action on climate change in Australia is undermining the credibility of scientists and science research in general?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Total agree	32%	43%	26%	44%
Total disagree	23%	14%	29%	31%
Strongly agree	12%	15%	10%	22%
Agree	20%	28%	16%	22%
Neither agree nor disagree	30%	29%	33%	19%
Disagree	15%	10%	18%	21%
Strongly disagree	8%	4%	11%	10%
Don’t know	15%	13%	12%	6%

32% agree that the current public campaign against action on climate change in Australia is undermining the credibility of scientists and science research in general and 23% disagree. 45% either don’t know or neither agree nor disagree.

Those most likely to agree were Labor voters (43%), Greens voters (44%) and those aged 18-34 (39%).