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Dumping the carbon tax and mining tax

27 May 2013

Q. And which option would you most favour?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Dump the carbon tax and mining tax and keep the compensation to households

39%

28%

53%

16%

Dump the carbon tax and mining tax and not keep the compensation to households

20%

6%

34%

12%

Keep the carbon tax and mining tax

27%

53%

6%

62%

Don’t know

14%

13%

8%

10%

39% favour dumping the carbon tax and mining tax and keeping the compensation to households, 27% favour keeping the taxes and 20% favour dumping the taxes and not keeping the compensation.

Strongest support for keeping the mining and carbon taxes came from Labor voters (53%), Greens voters (62%) and people on incomes over $1,600pw (32%).

Strongest support for dumping the taxes and keeping the compensation came from Liberal/National voters (53%) and people on incomes less than $1,000pw (48%).

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