Voters care more about power prices than emissions – Guardian Essential poll
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from on (#2RYSM)
Survey ahead of the release of the Finkel review of the electricity sector also suggests two-party-preferred gap narrowing between major political parties
Voters are more focused on reducing power prices than on emissions reductions or electricity grid security according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, which comes ahead of the release of the Finkel review of the electricity sector late this week.
Voters in this week's survey were asked to rank priorities ahead of the release of Friday's much-anticipated Finkel report, after being reminded of the Turnbull government's repeated pledge to deal with a "trilemma" of issues: lowering power costs, boosting energy security and reducing emissions.
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