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.