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Climate Change Policy Proposals

Jan 29, 2020

Q. To what extent would you support or oppose the following policy proposals if they were adopted by the Federal Government?

	NET: Support	NET: Oppose	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
Accelerate development of new industries and jobs that are powered by renewable energy	81%	19%	41%	40%	12%	7%
Setting a zero-carbon pollution target for 2050	71%	29%	32%	39%	18%	12%
Requiring mining companies to fund bushfire hazard reduction	68%	32%	25%	43%	21%	11%
Remove taxpayer funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry	68%	32%	30%	38%	22%	11%
Setting a zero-carbon pollution target for 2030	64%	36%	26%	38%	21%	15%
Ban all political donations from fossil fuel companies	62%	38%	28%	34%	25%	13%
Prevention of new coal mines opening in Australia	62%	38%	27%	35%	23%	16%

		Voting Intention
NET: SUPPORT	Total	Labor	Liberal + National	Greens	NET: Other
Accelerate development of new industries and jobs that are powered by renewable energy	81%	86%	75%	87%	77%
Setting a zero-carbon pollution target for 2050	71%	81%	56%	89%	62%
Requiring mining companies to fund bushfire hazard reduction	68%	78%	54%	76%	68%
Remove taxpayer funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry	68%	77%	56%	83%	64%
Setting a zero-carbon pollution target for 2030	64%	77%	47%	87%	52%
Ban all political donations from fossil fuel companies	62%	72%	48%	79%	57%
Prevention of new coal mines opening in Australia	62%	70%	48%	84%	51%
Base (n)	1,080	351	342	110	156

81% of participants support the accelerated development of new industries and jobs that are powered by renewable energy and 71% support a zero-carbon pollution target to be set for 2050.
Support for all policies was higher among Labor and greens voters, and lower among Coalition.

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Labor

45%

Coalition

48%