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  • Oct, 2021

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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.
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