90 - SA battery public views

South Australia's big new battery, which got a lot of public attention, has been tested in a poll - which shows amazingly tripartisan support for the new technology in South Australia, something very rare for new energy technology.

076 - How climate issues affect voting decisions

A great poll from Essential on how climate issues impact voting decisions:

074 - Renewable energy support vs coal support

This poll illustrates the broad support for renewable energy investment, compared to very low support for coal. Out of LNP voters, 57% prefer renewable investment compared to 26% coal.

073 - Clean energy target support by hypothetical price impact

Another fascinating poll from Essential - getting an idea of support for a clean energy target policy, and how that changes depending on price impact.

The original Finkel modelling found the price impact would be negative - ie, the policy would result in lower prices, which wasn't modelled by the pollsters below - a bit of a shame, to be honest.

066 - Plenty of public uncertainty on CCS

Essential vision polled survey respondents about carbon capture and storage - the 'don't knows' dominate and there's an expected political voting divide on views on the technology. This is a very hot issue at the moment, with the Minerals Council of Australia urging the Australian government to use taxpayer funds to build new coal-fired power stations.

065 - The public like a clean energy target (but are still confused about it all)

Essential Vision polled survey respondents on their views about a clean energy target scheme and an emissions intensity scheme - people like a CET but there's plenty of don't knows about both.

058 - Everyone's accepting climate (but polarisation is still a thing)

I've been collecting Essential Vision's data on climate science acceptance for quite some time - the data set's here. I recently added a second section tracking the % of people who concur with the scientific view, by party voting preference.

There's no decrease in polarisation - the gap between parties has remained roughly equal. But every single party has seen an increased percentage of people accepting the science.

The only recent decrease has been in the 'other' vote - for the first time on record, Liberal party voters are more likely to accept climate science than minor party voters.

047 - ANU poll - views on gov't support by biz type

In April 2017, the Australian National University released a fascinating poll examining public attitudes to science, politics and policy in Australia. It's really interesting - the chart below shows how much the public supports government funding for private businesses, split out by different types of business.

046 - ANU Poll - the public want politicians to rely more heavily on scientific evidence

In April 2017, the Australian National University released a fascinating poll examining public attitudes to science, politics and policy in Australia. It's really interesting - the chart below shows a strong majority of the public want politicians to rely more on scientific evidence:

031 - Those wanting a gov't shake-up also hate immigrants

A fascinating and unique statistic from the Australian Election Study 2016, via the latest Quarterly Essay - there's a strong link between those wanting a shake up of the government and those with a distinct anti-immigration sentiment.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016 - also here

030 - One Nation voters think immigrants are criminals who take jobs and worsen the economy

It's a fact borne out in some polling from the Australian Election Study in 2016 - a large survey that examined Australian attitudes.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016 - also here.

029 - More One Nation voters live in cities than you think

Though the public perception is that the majority of One Nation voters hail from rural areas, a decent chunk of them come from cities, and the outer suburbs.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016.

028 - One Nation voters are almost entirely born in Australia

Only 2% of One Nation voters are born outside of Australia - vastly different to the other parties (with the Liberal party having the largest contingent of foreign-born voters).

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016.

006 - There's a really huge gender disparity in candidates for the 2016 federal election

The Australian Electoral Commission make gender distribution data freely available on their website - it shows a stark and irritatingly simple picture of how candidates presented for almost all parties skew towards men rather than women. Brackets next to party names show the total number of candidates. Source