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Likelihood of repealing major Government decisions

26 Nov 2012

Q. If the Liberal and National parties win the next election, do you think they will repeal any of these Government decisions?

 

Yes, probably will repeal

No, probably won’t repeal

Don’t know

The carbon pricing scheme

44%

32%

24%

NBN (National Broadband Network)

18%

54%

28%

The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT)

33%

35%

32%

A greater portion of respondents believe that a Coalition government will repeal the carbon tax (44%) than those that believe they will not repeal it (32%).

The majority of respondents believe that a Coalition government probably won’t repeal the NBN (54%).

Respondents are evenly split on whether a Coalition government will repeal the MRRT, with 33% believing they will repeal it and 35% believing they probably won’t.

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