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.