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  • Feb, 2014

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    Approval of port expansion in Great Barrier Reef

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the decision to allow expansion of the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total approve

    17%

    14%

    20%

    4%

    22%

    Total disapprove

    66%

    72%

    59%

    85%

    64%

    Strongly approve

    4%

    3%

    5%

    4%

    Approve

    13%

    11%

    15%

    4%

    18%

    Disapprove

    25%

    23%

    31%

    14%

    20%

    Strongly disapprove

    41%

    49%

    28%

    71%

    44%

    Don’t know

    18%

    14%

    21%

    11%

    14%

    17% approve of the decision to allow expansion of the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef and 66% disapprove.

    74% of women disapproved compared to 57% of men.

    In Queensland, 24% approve and 57% disapprove.

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