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Likelihood of extreme events

Nov 4, 2014
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Q. Do you think that, over the next few years, Australia will be more or less likely to experience severe bushfires and extreme weather events like floods and cyclones?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other
Total more likely

63%

72%

49%

86%

65%
Total less likely

1%

1%

*

2%

3%
A lot more likely

33%

41%

19%

61%

31%
A little more likely

30%

31%

30%

25%

34%
About the same

33%

26%

47%

11%

29%
A little less likely

1%

1%

–

2%

2%
A lot less likely

*

–

*

–

1%
Don’t know

4%

1%

4%

1%

4%

 

63% think that sever bushfires and extreme weather events will be more likely over the next few years.

86% of Greens voters and 63% of Labor voters think they will be more likely. However, 47% of Liberal/National voters think they will be neither more likely nor less likely.

68% of women think they will be more likely compared to 56% of men.

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