Expansion of coal industry
Q. Do you think Australia should or should not continue to expand our coal industry – including approving new mines and building railway lines and ports?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Should continue to expand |
34% |
30% |
52% |
9% |
26% |
|
| Should not continue to expand |
40% |
46% |
26% |
83% |
48% |
|
| Don’t know |
26% |
24% |
21% |
8% |
25% |
40% believe that Australia’s coal industry should not continue to expand and 34% think it should.
Highest support for continued expansion of the coal industry came from Liberal/National voters (52%), men (39%) and aged 65+ (43%).
46% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters thought the coal industry should not continue to expand.
Phasing out Australia’s Coal Industry
Q. Do you agree or disagree that Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050? (This question is commissioned by Network Ten).
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Age
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | |
| Total agree | 37% | 47% | 26% | 66% | 41% | 34% | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Total disagree | 39% | 28% | 53% | 20% | 44% | 33% | 33% | 35% | 51% |
| Strongly agree | 13% | 19% | 7% | 36% | 17% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 13% |
| Agree | 24% | 28% | 19% | 30% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| Disagree | 26% | 23% | 32% | 12% | 29% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 30% |
| Strongly disagree | 13% | 5% | 21% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 21% |
| Don’t know | 24% | 24% | 21% | 14% | 15% | 33% | 27% | 28% | 14% |
Respondents were nearly evenly split over whether Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050 – 37% agreed and 39% disagreed.
Highest levels of agreement were shown by Greens voters (66%), Labor voters (47%) and those aged under 35 (40%)
Highest levels of disagreement were shown by Liberal/National voters (53%) and those aged 55+ (51%).
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