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Roads vs public transport
Q: Do you think it is more important to expand public transport or more important to build new roads and freeways?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
More important to expand public transport | 56% | 57% | 52% | 77% | 52% | |
More important to build roads and freeways | 33% | 34% | 41% | 18% | 36% | |
Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 12% |
56% think that it is more important to expand public transport and 33% think it is more important to build roads and freeways.
Those more supportive of expanding public transport were aged 18-24 (65%), people from Victoria (64%) and those with university education (66%).
Those more supportive of building roads and freeways were aged 35-44 (40%) and people from Queensland (41%).

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