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Energy Price Initiatives

Apr 9, 2019

Q. To what extent do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which have been suggested as ways to keep power prices down?

	NET: Strongly / Somewhat approve	NET: Strongly / Somewhat disapprove	Strongly approve	Somewhat approve	Somewhat disapprove	Strongly disapprove	Unsure
End power privatisation, keeping Snowy hydro and other assets in public ownership	74%	9%	43%	31%	7%	2%	17%
Help households to install battery storage and solar panels with $2,000 and low cost finance	73%	14%	35%	37%	10%	5%	13%
Increase share of power generated from renewable energy to 50%	66%	16%	30%	35%	9%	7%	19%

74% approve of the proposal to end power privatisation in order to keep energy costs down. A similar proportion (73%) approve of providing financial help for households to install battery storage and 66% approve of increased renewable power.

NET: Approve	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Liberal / National	Vote Greens	NET: Vote Other
End power privatisation, keeping Snowy hydro and other assets in public ownership	74%	81%	75%	72%	78%
Help households to install battery storage and solar panels with $2,000 and low cost finance	73%	81%	70%	83%	72%
Increase share of power generated from renewable energy to 50%	66%	76%	61%	76%	60%

Each of the proposals has majority support among voters of all of the major political parties.

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