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Taxing Mining Company Profits

Feb 21, 2011
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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).

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