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VOTERS in New South Wales are the most opposed to a relaxing of restrictions on CSG extraction in...

Bianca Bartucciotto

Of 402,186 respondents, 40% of those from NSW are strongly opposed to a relaxing of restrictions on CSG extraction.

This compared to the 29.6% from South Australia and 29.9% from Western Australia who oppose the move.

Voters in WA and the Northern Territory are the most supportive of a freer legislative arena for CSG companies.

Overall, 34.5% of voters disagree, 9.31% agree and 16.4% are apathetic.

What should come as no surprise to the industry is the percentage of Greens votes who disagree with the premise.

Response

Coalition

Labor

Greens

Other

Strongly disagree

25.5%

36.8%

54.7%

38.3%

Somewhat disagree

25.2%

26.4%

21.1%

23.4%

Neutral

19.2%

15.6%

9.19%

15.2%

Somewhat agree

19.5%

12.8%

7.51%

12.2%

Strongly agree

10.5%

8.35%

7.48%

10.8%

A high 54.7% of voters who aligned themselves with the Greens disagreed, compared to the 25.6% of voters aligned with the Coalition who disagreed.

What is a surprise is that 9.19% of Greens voters are neutral on the issue.

Across the age divide, voters were spread fairly evenly – with less than 10% between the 18-34 group and the 55-plus voters.

Those over the age of 55 were the most strongly opposed to CSG, with 39.3% strongly disagreeing, while the Baby Boomers also numbered the most in agreement, with 11.4% agreeing with the statement.

The numbers are spread evenly across metropolitan, regional and rural voters.

ABC Vote Compass is a tool developed by the ABC in lead up to the September 7 federal election. It generates analysis of how a voter’s views compare to the positions of the candidates in a given election.

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