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Nov 26, 2019

Q. As far as you know, do you think Australia is doing enough, not enough or too much to address climate change?

	Nov’19	Mar’19	Dec’18	Oct’18	Sep’17	Aug’16
Not doing enough	60%	51%	53%	56%	56%	52%
Doing enough	22%	27%	24%	23%	20%	22%
Doing too much	8%	11%	9%	7%	8%	8%
Don’t know	10%	12%	14%	13%	16%	18%
Base (n)	1,083	1,089	1,032	1,027	1,011	1,022

	Total	Gender		Age			Voting Intention
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	Coalition	Greens	NET: Other
Not doing enough	60%	57%	63%	69%	59%	53%	72%	46%	87%	48%
Doing enough	22%	24%	20%	19%	19%	28%	13%	35%	3%	27%
Doing too much	8%	11%	6%	5%	9%	11%	5%	12%	1%	17%
Don’t know	10%	8%	12%	8%	13%	9%	10%	8%	9%	8%
Base (n)	1,083	527	556	329	369	385	342	373	93	162

60% now think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change, this has increased from 51% in March 2019.
Those people most likely to think Australia was not doing enough include young people aged 18-34 (69%), Greens voters (87%) and Labor voters (72%).

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