Tony Abbott and Climate Change

Q. As far as you know, do Tony Abbott and the Coalition support action to address climate change or are they opposed to taking any action?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Support action to address climate change	36%	27%	59%	31%
Are opposed to any action to address climate change	33%	47%	17%	48%
Don’t know	29%	26%	24%	21%

Overall, respondents were divided over the position of Tony Abbott and the Coalition on climate change – 36% believe they support action to address climate change and 33% think are they opposed to taking any action.

Those that intend to vote Lib/Nat were far more likely to believe that Tony Abbott and the Coalition support action to address climate change (59%).

Those that intend to vote for Labor (47%) or the Green (48%) were more likely to state that Tony Abbott and the Coalition are opposed to any action to address climate change.

Males (42%) were more likely than females (34%) to state that Tony Abbott and the Coalition support action to address climate change.

Females (39%) were more likely than males (19%) to state ‘Don’t know.’