Statements about Economic Impact

Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Time is running out and strong action must be taken to restore the health of the Murray Darling river system even if it means some job losses or other economic impact	47%	52%	42%	74%
Protecting the economic well being of local communities and jobs must be the first priority in any decisions made about the Murray Darling river system	31%	28%	42%	13%
Don’t know	22%	20%	16%	13%

47% agreed that “strong action must be taken to restore the health of the Murray Darling river system even if it means some job losses or other economic impact “ while 31% agreed more with the statement “protecting the economic well being of local communities and jobs must be the first priority”.

A majority of Labor (52%) and Greens voters (74%) agreed that “strong action must be taken to restore the health of the Murray Darling river system even if it means some job losses or other economic impact” while Liberal/National voters were split (42%/42)%.