Majority of Australians in favour of banning new coal mines: Lowy poll
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
More than six in ten Australians – 63% – support a ban on new coal mines opening in Australia, according to the Lowy Institute’s Climate Poll 2021.
A similar proportion would favour reducing Australian coal exports to other countries.
“Australian views of coal exports and coal mines … appear to have shifted...





