Q. Do you believe that the carbon tax, before it was repealed last year, had a big impact, a small impact or no impact on electricity prices?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
Had a big impact | 21% | 15% | 30% | 15% | 22% | |
Had a small impact | 41% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 46% | |
Had no impact | 20% | 27% | 12% | 33% | 21% | |
Don’t know | 18% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 11% |
Only 21% believe that the carbon tax had a big impact on electricity prices before it was repealed a year ago. 41% think it had a small impact and 20% think it had no impact.
Although there were some differences by voting intention, they were not large. Liberal/National voters were more likely to think it had a big impact (30%) and Labor voters and Greens voters were more likely to think it had no impact (27% and 33%).