Article 69ZQN Voters in city seats support ban on new coal and gas projects, poll shows

Voters in city seats support ban on new coal and gas projects, poll shows

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Paul Karp and Adam Morton
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Majority in teal seats of Mackellar and Goldstein - and Labor's Moreton and Bennelong - also say industry should not use offsets for emissions

The majority of voters in several metropolitan areas support stopping new coal and gas projects and believe industrial polluters should not be able to use carbon offsets for all their greenhouse gas emissions, according to new polling.

The progressive thinktank the Australia Institute commissioned uComms to poll more than 800 residents in each of two teal" electorates - Mackellar and Goldstein - and the Labor-held seats of Moreton Bennelong and Sydney.

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