Support for Carbon Tax if Compensated
Q. If the Government compensated households by cutting income tax and increasing welfare payments, would you be more likely or less likely to support the proposed carbon tax?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Age
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | |
Total more likely | 38% | 58% | 26% | 49% | 37% | 40% | 43% | 38% | 34% |
Total less likely | 16% | 10% | 23% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 15% |
Much more likely | 14% | 26% | 7% | 20% | 15% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 12% |
Somewhat more likely | 24% | 32% | 19% | 29% | 22% | 25% | 27% | 23% | 22% |
Somewhat less likely | 5% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
Much less likely | 11% | 4% | 17% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 11% |
Makes no difference | 35% | 24% | 46% | 26% | 35% | 35% | 26% | 36% | 46% |
Don’t know | 11% | 8% | 5% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 6% |
38% of respondents agreed they would be more likely to support the proposed carbon tax if the Government compensated households by cutting income tax and increasing welfare payments, 16% said they would be less likely to support it and 35% said it would make no difference.
Those most likely to support the tax were Labor voters (58%), Greens voters (49%) and younger respondents (43% of people aged 18-34). 46% of Coalition voters and 46% of those aged 55+ said it would make no difference to their view.

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