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The majority of Australians oppose government plans to price carbon, new polling reveals.

Sixty-three per cent say they're against the introduction of a fixed price on carbon, leading to an emissions trading scheme.

And 57 per cent say they're in favour of coalition plans to scrap carbon pricing.

The results were revealed on Tuesday in The 2012 Lowy Institute Poll.

The survey of 1005 Australian adults, conducted between March 26 and April 10, also showed the majority support temporary skilled migration to fill labour shortages.

The federal government courted controversy last week, confirming plans to allow multi-billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting to import up to 1715 foreign guest workers for her Roy Hill iron ore mine in Western Australia.

But the Lowy poll revealed 62 per cent of Australians support an influx of temporary foreign workers.

Eighty-one per cent were against foreign companies buying Australian farmland, while 56 per cent thought the government was allowing too much Chinese investment in Australia.

Lowy Institute executive director Dr Michael Wesley says the results regarding foreign workers and ownership show Australians are anxious about volatility and exposure to the global economy.

"We're aware that much of the rest of the world looks at Australia as a land of comparative wealth, and we're apprehensive about the possible downsides of that," he said in a statement.

Meanwhile, 70 per cent said overseas demand for Australian resources has helped prevent the nation falling into recession.

And 87 per cent supported Australia's close relationship with America - compared to 63 per cent in 2007.

There was also strong support for last year's announcement that 2500 US marines will be based in Darwin on a rotating basis.

The Lowy Institute will host a panel discussion on the findings on Tuesday morning.

____ wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 7:02am:


So you admit it was a vote buying exercise

So Green

Could you show the rest of us evidence where the majority of Australians support a carbon tax?

Maqqa wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 7:06am:



In good time ... the election is about 60 - 70 weeks away. And that's the big poll Greens are out to win.

Slow and sure, verses rAbbott running for the door.

Maqqa wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 7:15am:



And no one said it was. Do you every stay on topic?

lets watch the ALP and Greens explain to the people why they brought in an unmandated tax they promised NOT to bring in. as soonas they try, they will loose even more votes and seats and give it to Abbott. And if they get too hysterical then they might loose enough senators to give Abbott a majority as well.

____ wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 7:08am:



But 63% rejects the carbon tax therefore they have rejected the ALP's measures

Ponzi scheme

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation.

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Sounds much like the Carbon Tax to me, and i thought such scheme's are illegal in Australia. I guess its one rule for the government and another for the people. People are waking up to it even many environmentalists as they see it as a do nothing tax that only benefits the super rich global bankers.