Q. Compared to other issues that are often raised in politics – like the economy, healthcare, immigration, etc – how important to you personally is the issue of tackling climate change?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total important | 61% | 73% | 50% | 87% |
Total not important | 35% | 25% | 47% | 12% |
Very important | 24% | 31% | 15% | 55% |
Quite important | 37% | 42% | 35% | 32% |
Not so important | 26% | 18% | 35% | 11% |
Not at all important | 9% | 7% | 12% | 1% |
Don’t know | 4% | 3% | 3% | – |
61% think tackling climate change is a very important (24%) or quite important (37%) issue – 35% think it is not important. 73% of Labor voters and 87% of Greens voters think it is important while Liberal/National voters are split (50% important/47% not important).
Those most likely to think it is important were women (65%) and aged 18-35 (68%).
Of those who believe that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity, 47% think it is a very important issue and 46% a quite important issue.