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Doing enough to address climate change

23 Aug 2016

Q. As far as you know, do you think Australia is doing enough, not enough or too much to address climate change?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Climate change is happening   Aug 2015 Mar 2016
Doing enough 22%   15% 36% 5% 23%   11%   24% 21%
Not doing enough 52%   66% 36% 92% 46%   76%   53% 57%
Doing too much 8%   3% 12% 3% 13%   2%   7% 8%
Don’t know 18%   15% 17% 1% 17%   10%   16% 13%

52% (down 5% since March) think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change and 22% (up 1%) think Australia is doing enough.

Those most likely to think Australia is not doing enough were aged 18-34 (65%) and university educated (57%).

Of those who believe climate change is happening, 76% think Australia is not doing enough.

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