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THINKING NOW ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO PUT A PRICE ON CARBON. BASED ON WHAT YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT IT, ARE YOU PERSONALLY IN FAVOUR OR AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO PUT A PRICE ON CARBON, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN EARLY OCTOBER?
29 APR 8-10 22-24 ----------------------------------------------21-23 OCT 2011---------------------------------------------- 1 MAY JULY JULY 2011 2011 2011 18-34 35-49 50+ LABOR COALITION TOTAL^ TOTAL^ TOTAL^ TOTAL MALE FEMALE YEARS YEARS YEARS SUPPORTERS SUPPORTERS % % % % % % % % % % 12 13 20 17 18 16 17 17 17 36 1 18 30 21 39 60 10 17 30 20 39 59 11 16 36 16 37 53 11 15 32 15 44 59 9 14 32 14 48 62 6 15 31 17 40 57 12 18 35 18 36 54 11 15 32 13 47 60 8 13 30 14 48 62 8 24 60 14 16 30 10 5 6 16 73 89 5

STRONGLY IN FAVOUR SOMEWHAT IN FAVOUR TOTAL IN FAVOUR SOMEWHAT AGAINST STRONGLY AGAINST TOTAL AGAINST UNCOMMITTED

^Wording previously was “Thinking now about the federal government’s plan to put a price on carbon. Based on what you may know about it, are you personally in favour or against the federal government’s current proposal to put a price on carbon?”

These surveys were conducted on the telephone by trained interviewers in all states of Australia and in both city and country areas. Telephone numbers and the person within the household were selected at random. The data has been weighted to reflect the population distribution. The survey is based on 1,221 interviews among adults aged 18 years and over. The maximum margin of sampling error on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Copyright at all times remains with Newspoll. More poll information available at www.newspoll.com.au

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