Carbon Tax, climate change, direct action plan, emissions trading scheme
Q. Which of the following actions on climate change do you most support?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Oct 13 |
|
| Keeping the carbon tax |
17% |
27% |
6% |
29% |
19% |
15% |
||
| Replacing the carbon tax with an emissions trading scheme |
22% |
30% |
14% |
35% |
19% |
21% |
||
| Replacing the carbon tax with the Liberal’s “direct action” plan |
12% |
4% |
23% |
4% |
13% |
15% |
||
| Dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it at all |
30% |
19% |
44% |
9% |
35% |
31% |
||
| Don’t know |
19% |
20% |
13% |
23% |
15% |
18% |
30% think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced, 22% support replacing it with an emissions trading scheme, 12% prefer the Liberal’s “direct action” plan and 17% think the Government should keep the carbon tax. These figures have changed little since this question was asked in October.
Those most likely to support keeping the tax or changing to an emissions trading scheme were Labor voters (57%) and Greens voters (64%) and those with a university education (51%).
Those most likely to think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced were Liberal/National voters (44%) and those who had not completed secondary education (43%). Only 23% of Liberal/National voters preferred the Liberal’s “direct action” plan (down from 28% in October).
Carbon Tax, climate change, direct action plan
Q. Which of the following actions on climate change do you most support?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Keeping the carbon tax |
15% |
30% |
2% |
44% |
4% |
|
| Replacing the carbon tax with an emissions trading scheme |
21% |
25% |
15% |
35% |
24% |
|
| Replacing the carbon tax with the Liberal’s “direct action” plan |
15% |
2% |
28% |
3% |
19% |
|
| Dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it at all |
31% |
25% |
41% |
5% |
35% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
18% |
14% |
14% |
17% |
31% think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced, 21% support replacing it with an emissions trading scheme, 15% prefer the Liberal’s “direct action” plan and 15% think the Government should keep the carbon tax.
Those most likely to support keeping the tax or changing to an emissions trading scheme were Labor voters (55%) and Greens voters (79%), people aged under 25 (59%) and those with a university education (45%).
Those most likely to think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced were Liberal/National voters (41%) and those who had no post-secondary education (42%). Only 28% of Liberal/National voters preferred the Liberal’s “direct action” plan.