Views towards Great Barrier Reef being in danger of long-term damage

Q. As you may be aware, the Great Barrier Reef is a UN world heritage site. The UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation (UNESCO) recently recommended that the Great Barrier Reef should be put on its list of places that are “in danger”.

Do you think the Great Barrier Reef is in danger of long-term damage?

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Yes definitely	46%	44%	48%	50%	47%	42%	56%	33%	69%	43%
Yes probably	31%	31%	30%	31%	32%	29%	30%	36%	24%	29%
Probably not	9%	9%	8%	8%	6%	12%	5%	12%	3%	11%
Definitely not	4%	5%	4%	2%	2%	9%	2%	8%	0%	8%
Unsure	10%	10%	10%	9%	13%	8%	7%	10%	5%	9%
TOTAL: Yes definitely + Yes probably	77%	75%	78%	81%	79%	71%	87%	70%	93%	72%
TOTAL: Probably not + Definitely not	13%	14%	12%	10%	8%	21%	6%	21%	3%	19%
Base (n)	1,098	537	561	341	372	385	371	402	90	128

 

	State
	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
Yes definitely	47%	49%	40%	56%	37%
Yes probably	30%	28%	31%	29%	39%
Probably not	8%	8%	11%	5%	12%
Definitely not	5%	3%	9%	1%	3%
Unsure	11%	11%	9%	9%	8%
TOTAL: Yes definitely + Yes probably	77%	78%	71%	85%	77%
TOTAL: Probably not + Definitely not	13%	11%	20%	6%	15%
Base (n)	352	276	220	86	111

• The majority of people think the Great Barrier Reef is in danger, with 46% saying it definitely is and 31% saying it probably is.
• Those most likely to think the reef is in danger include those aged 18-34 (81%), Greens voters (93%) and Labor voters (87%)