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Importance of action on climate change
Q. Which of the following best describes your attitude towards the issue of climate change and global warming?
Q | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
It is the most important issue and there is no other issue I am more concerned about | 22% | 23% | 20% | 29% | 23% | 15% | 25% | 18% | 36% | 21% |
It is a very important issue, but there are other issues that equally concern me | 45% | 41% | 48% | 48% | 45% | 42% | 53% | 41% | 52% | 34% |
It is somewhat an important issue, but there are other issues that I am more concerned about | 20% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 23% | 14% | 26% | 10% | 23% |
It is not a very important issue, there are other issues that I am much more concerned about | 7% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 12% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 11% |
It is not an important issue at all | 6% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 12% |
Base (n) | 1,097 | 540 | 557 | 342 | 366 | 389 | 362 | 414 | 94 | 138 |
- 22% say climate change is the most important issue to them, with a further 45% saying it is important, along with other issues.
- 7% said they were more concerned with issues other than climate change and just 6% said climate change isn’t an important issue.
Addressing Climate Change
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 | |||||||
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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