Australian Public Support Waning On Climate Action - Australian

[hatrack]

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MICHAEL WESLEY: The fact that the Government hasn't acted decisively, it's been on-again off-again with the ETS and then the carbon tax, I think it's a belief that the Government is wavering on this. There is not much political will to do anything serious about it, and it's also tied to a belief well, the Government is doing anything serious about it so therefore perhaps this isn't such a serious issue and doesn't need to be acted on immediately.

BRONWYN HERBERT: Last year's Lowy poll found the older a person is, the more likely they oppose having to payer higher prices to address climate change. Are this year's results consistent?

MICHAEL WESLEY: Yes, that's right. We are finding a growing number of people are completely unwilling to pay an extra cost in their electricity bill, if that's the price of taking action on climate and that number is steadily going up.

BRONWYN HERBERT: Other issues considered in the poll include whether people are concerned about asylum seekers arriving by boat - 72 per cent of Australians said yes, but that's down six points from last year.

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http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3254029.htm

So be it.