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If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don't they vote like it?

  • Written by Rebecca Colvin, Senior lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Poll after poll suggests a large majority of Australians cares about climate change. Yet in recent federal elections, this hasn’t translated into wins for parties with stronger policy platforms on climate change.

So what determines someone’s climate change attitude, and how does it translate into voting?

In research...

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