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Reducing carbon emissions
Q. How important is it for the Federal Government to agree to a policy for reducing carbon emissions to address climate change?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
Total important | 69% | 80% | 62% | 95% | 57% | |
Total not important | 23% | 14% | 32% | 1% | 36% | |
Very important | 33% | 43% | 21% | 63% | 28% | |
Quite important | 36% | 37% | 41% | 32% | 29% | |
Not very important | 15% | 11% | 21% | 1% | 20% | |
Not at all important | 8% | 3% | 11% | – | 16% | |
Don’t know | 9% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 8% |
69% think it is important for the Federal Government to agree to a policy for reducing carbon emissions to address climate change ands 23% think it is not important.
A majority of all voter groups think it is important – including 80% of Labor voters and 62% of LNP voters.

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