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Gas reservation policy

21 Mar 2017

Q. It has been said that one of the reasons for increasing gas prices is that Australian gas exports have increased so much it is causing domestic shortages. Would you approve or disapprove of the Government legislating a reservation policy where a percentage of gas is reserved for domestic use?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 75%   76% 82% 79% 77%
Total disapprove 6%   6% 5% 5% 7%
Strongly approve 39%   39% 42% 35% 47%
Approve 36%   37% 40% 44% 30%
Disapprove 4%   4% 4% 3% 4%
Strongly disapprove 2%   2% 1% 2% 3%
Don’t know 19%   17% 13% 16% 16%

 

75% approve of the Government legislating a reservation policy where a percentage of gas is reserved for domestic use and 6% disapprove. More than three-quarters of all voter groups approve.

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