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Influence of Mining Companies

12 Jul 2010

Q. Do you think the mining companies have had too much or not enough influence on Government policies?

Too much 41%
Not enough 12%
About the right influence 25%
Don’t know 21%

  41% think mining companies have had too much influence of Government policies, 12% think they have not had enough and 25% think they have had about the right influence. 57% of Labor voters and 69% of Greens voters think mining companies have had too much influence. Liberal voters were evenly split – 22% think they have had too much influence, 22% not enough and 40% about the right influence.

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