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Approval of Marine Reserves
Q. The Federal Government recently announced plans to protect large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves. Do you approve or disapprove of these plans?
|
Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
70% |
79% |
62% |
89% |
| Total disapprove |
13% |
8% |
22% |
1% |
| Strongly approve |
35% |
45% |
23% |
64% |
| Approve |
35% |
34% |
39% |
25% |
| Disapprove |
9% |
6% |
15% |
1% |
| Strongly disapprove |
4% |
2% |
7% |
– |
| Don’t know |
16% |
13% |
16% |
10% |
70% approved of the Federal Government’s plans to protect large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves and 13% disapproved.
Approval was similar across all demographic groups – no group recorded approval lower than 65%.
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