Statements about Adani coal mine

Q. Indian mining company Adani wants to build a new coal mine in Queensland which would produce coal to be exported back to India. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	Total agree	Total dis-agree		Strongly agree	Agree	Dis-agree	Strongly dis-agree	Don’t know		Qld. agree	Qld dis-agree
The mine will create jobs that Queensland badly needs	58%	25%		15%	43%	13%	12%	18%		72%	19%
The mine will undermine jobs in Queensland tourism by contributing to damage to the great Barrier Reef	53%	22%		26%	27%	16%	6%	24%		42%	39%
The mine will divert investment that would better be spent on developing the renewable industry	51%	25%		23%	28%	18%	7%	24%		47%	33%
The mine will undermine attempts to act on climate change	52%	26%		24%	28%	17%	9%	21%		48%	37%

 

A majority agreed with each statement with around one quarter disagreeing.

However, Queensland respondents were more likely to agree that the mine will create jobs that Queensland badly needs, and somewhat less likely to agree with the other statements.

The views of Labor voters were similar to the average while LNP voters were more likely to agree that the mine will create jobs that Queensland badly needs (70%) and more likely to disagree with the other statements.