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  • Nov, 2014

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    Likelihood of extreme events

    Q. Do you think that, over the next few years, Australia will be more or less likely to experience severe bushfires and extreme weather events like floods and cyclones?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total more likely

    63%

    72%

    49%

    86%

    65%

    Total less likely

    1%

    1%

    *

    2%

    3%

    A lot more likely

    33%

    41%

    19%

    61%

    31%

    A little more likely

    30%

    31%

    30%

    25%

    34%

    About the same

    33%

    26%

    47%

    11%

    29%

    A little less likely

    1%

    1%

    2%

    2%

    A lot less likely

    *

    *

    1%

    Don’t know

    4%

    1%

    4%

    1%

    4%

     

    63% think that sever bushfires and extreme weather events will be more likely over the next few years.

    86% of Greens voters and 63% of Labor voters think they will be more likely. However, 47% of Liberal/National voters think they will be neither more likely nor less likely.

    68% of women think they will be more likely compared to 56% of men.

  • Nov, 2014

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    Extreme events linked to climate change

    Q. And do you think that these extreme events – bushfires, floods, cyclones, etc – are likely or unlikely to be linked to climate change?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Likely to be linked to climate change

    76%

    83%

    63%

    96%

    63%

    Unlikely to be linked to climate change

    16%

    10%

    26%

    2%

    24%

    Don’t know

    9%

    6%

    11%

    3%

    14%

    (Based on the 63% – 625 respondents – who think extreme event are more likely.)

    Of those who think extreme events are more likely, 76% think they are likely to be linked to climate change and 16% think they are unlikely to be linked to climate change.

    83% of Labor voters and 96% of Greens voters think they are likely to be linked to climate change.

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