Q. Government energy policy attempts to minimize costs, ensure reliability and reduce emissions. Do you think one of these should be prioritised over the others?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Keeping the cost of energy down should be prioritised | 28% | 28% | 33% | 11% | 33% | |
| Reducing carbon emissions should be prioritised | 21% | 21% | 15% | 49% | 16% | |
| Maintaining the reliability of energy supply should be prioritised | 19% | 19% | 22% | 8% | 28% | |
| We do not need to prioritise – all can be achieved | 21% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 19% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 4% |
28% thought that keeping the costs of energy down should be prioritised over reducing emissions and maintaining network reliability. This was the most popular option for Liberal/National voters (33%) and ALP voters (28%).
The most popular option among Greens voters was to prioritise the reduction of carbon emissions (49%).
South Australians were more likely than other states to prefer the reliability of energy supply to be prioritised (31%).