Q. Would you approve or disapprove of higher taxes on the profits of large mining companies?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total approve | 56% | 75% | 36% | 83% |
Total disapprove | 27% | 13% | 49% | 6% |
Strongly approve | 21% | 32% | 6% | 46% |
Approve | 35% | 43% | 30% | 37% |
Disapprove | 20% | 11% | 35% | 4% |
Strongly disapprove | 7% | 2% | 14% | 2% |
Don’t know | 17% | 13% | 15% | 11% |
There was majority approval of higher taxes on the profits of large mining companies – 56% approved and 27% disapproved. Labor and Greens voters showed very high approval while Liberal/National voters split 36% approve/49% disapprove.
There were no significant differences by demographic groupings (age/income/work status).