Q. Would you support or oppose the following policies?
Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
Withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement on reducing emissions | 32% | 46% | 14% | 18% | 21% | 25% | 23% | |
Funding more coal-fired power stations | 41% | 41% | 14% | 27% | 20% | 21% | 17% | |
Cutting immigration numbers | 62% | 27% | 33% | 29% | 17% | 10% | 11% | |
Expanding short-term work visas | 34% | 46% | 8% | 26% | 27% | 19% | 20% | |
Cutting the tax rate for big businesses | 25% | 62% | 6% | 19% | 25% | 37% | 13% | |
Cutting the tax rate for people earning over $200,000 | 23% | 64% | 6% | 17% | 28% | 36% | 13% |
There was strong majority support for cutting immigration – including 55% of Labor voters and 78% of LNP voters. A majority opposed cutting tax rates for big businesses (62% oppose) and wealthy people (64% oppose).
Respondents were more likely to oppose withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and expanding short-term work visas.
They were split (41%/41%) over funding more coal-fired power stations.