Join the National Day of Action, Sunday 5 June

Add your voice to the many thousands of others calling for the government to resist the pressure from the big polluters, put a strong price on pollution and use the funds to help householders and invest in making clean energy cheaper.

• SYDNEY: Prince Alfred Park, 11 am
• MELBOURNE: Outside the State Library, 11 am
• ADELAIDE: Victoria Square, 11 am
• BRISBANE: Riverstage, 1pm
• PERTH: Perth Cultural centre - Wetlands stage, 11am
• HOBART: Franklin Square, 11am
• CANBERRA: Regatta Point (near the bridge), 1.30pm

A few weeks ago we asked for your urgent help to counter Tony Abbott’s fear campaign against putting a price on pollution. Thousands of you responded and within hours we had raised enough money to commission independent polling from Galaxy Research¹.

Thanks to the generous support of people like:

• Shannon from Albany, WA, who donated $10;
• Ben from Brighton, VIC, who donated $25 and
• Meg from Lake Conjola, NSW, who donated $25

The polling results received widespread media coverage, including on ABC’s 7.30 Report and newspapers like the Herald Sun.

Galaxy Poll Results

All sides of politics agree there is a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help address climate change. Do you believe the best way to achieve this is to tax the big polluters or pay money to polluters to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?

Do you support or oppose a price on carbon that would tax the biggest polluting industries, returning all revenue to compensate households and business, and provide investment in climate change programs such as renewable energy?

The government currently provides subsidies to fossil fuel companies worth more than $11 billion a year. In your opinion, is the appropriate or would this money be better spent on the development of clean, renewable technologies?

¹Galaxy Omnibus, 18-20 March 2011, 1036 people (18yo+). Interviews were conducted using CATI (computer assisted telephone interviewing) with telephone numbers randomly selected from electronic White Pages. All interviewers were personally trained and briefed on the requirements of the study. Age, gender and region quotas were applied to the sample. Following the completion of interviewing, the data was weighted by age, gender and region to reflect the latest ABS population estimates.