Opinion of Carbon Pricing Proposal with Compensation

Q. Would you support or oppose this carbon pricing scheme if the money paid by big polluting industries was used to compensate low and middle income earners and small businesses for increased prices?

	14 March	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Total support	54%	51%	78%	34%	80%
Total oppose	30%	33%	11%	51%	7%
Strongly support	17%	17%	30%	8%	35%
Support	37%	34%	43%	25%	44%
Oppose	14%	12%	7%	18%	8%
Strongly oppose	16%	21%	6%	37%	5%
Don’t know	17%	16%	14%	13%	8%

With compensation for low and middle income earners and small businesses, support for the Government’s carbon pricing scheme increased to 51% and opposition dropped to 33%. This is a slight fall in support since this question was last asked in mid-March.

With compensation, support among Labor voters increases 15% to 78% and for Liberal/National voters increases 13% to 34%.

Support among men increased from 39% to 47% and for women increases from 38% to 55%.