Q. Do you think Australia should or should not continue to expand our coal industry – including approving new mines and building railway lines and ports?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Should continue to expand |
34% |
30% |
52% |
9% |
26% |
|
| Should not continue to expand |
40% |
46% |
26% |
83% |
48% |
|
| Don’t know |
26% |
24% |
21% |
8% |
25% |
40% believe that Australia’s coal industry should not continue to expand and 34% think it should.
Highest support for continued expansion of the coal industry came from Liberal/National voters (52%), men (39%) and aged 65+ (43%).
46% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters thought the coal industry should not continue to expand.