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Q: Do you support the move to introduce an import risk analysis on beef from BSE-affected countries?

Yes
No
Uncommitted

past polls

Q: Should the Federal Government step in and overhaul the corporate structure of Australian Wool Innovation?

Yes

(42.4%)

(43.3%)

Not yet

(14.3%)

Total Votes: 413
Poll Date: 07 March, 2010

Q: What do you think the outlook for your commodity will be this year?

Highly positive

(6.1%)

Positive

(24%)

Neutral

(34.5%)

Negative

(23.3%)

Highly negative

(12.1%)

Total Votes: 429
Poll Date: 28 February, 2010

Q: Has the Meat Standards Australia system been good for sales of Australian red meat?

Yes

(46.6%)

(33.2%)

Undecided

(20.2%)

Total Votes: 410
Poll Date: 21 February, 2010

Q: Have your voting intentions changed since Tony Abbott became leader of the federal Opposition?

Yes - more likely to vote Coalition

(32.2%)

Yes - more likely to vote Labor

(9%)

Yes - more likely to vote for a minor party

(5.7%)

No change - still a Coalition voter

(42.5%)

No change - still a Labor voter

(5.5%)

No change - still a minor party voter

(5.1%)

Total Votes: 870
Poll Date: 14 February, 2010

Q: One year on from the Black Saturday bushfires, do you think governments are now conducting adequate preventative backburning?

Yes

(5.3%)

(89%)

Undecided

(5.7%)

Total Votes: 563
Poll Date: 07 February, 2010

Q: Do you plan to grow genetically modified (GM) canola varieties on your farm this season?

Yes
No
Undecided

Q: What level of trust do you have in the claims made by environmental campaigners?

Total

(5%)

High

(12.7%)

Moderate

(6.2%)

Low

(21.3%)

None

(54.8%)

Total Votes: 1310
Poll Date: 31 January, 2010

Q: What is the biggest challenge currently facing Australian agriculture?

Animal activists

(9.6%)

Poor urban perceptions

(8.9%)

Red tape

(6.6%)

Low farmgate prices

(39.1%)

Carbon emissions policies

(10.6%)

Property rights

(15.6%)

Other

(9.5%)

Total Votes: 861
Poll Date: 24 January, 2010

Q: If a referendum were held this weekend, would you vote in favour of the Commonwealth taking over from the States the management of Australia's river systems?

Yes

(72.6%)

(19.9%)

Undecided

(7.4%)

Total Votes: 647
Poll Date: 17 January, 2010

Q: Does the 'catastrophic' fire warning unnecessarily inflate bushfire danger?

Yes - it is over used and its meaning diluted

(61.8%)

No - it truthfully represents danger and should not be ignored

(28.3%)

I don't know what it really means

(9.9%)

Total Votes: 212
Poll Date: 13 January, 2010

Q: Is it time for Peter Spencer to end his hunger strike against the erosion of property rights?

Yes - his point has been publicised

(53.9%)

No - not until Kevin Rudd meets him

(39%)

Undecided

(7.1%)

Total Votes: 336
Poll Date: 10 January, 2010

Q: Do you believe your farm business will turn a profit in 2010?

Definitely

(10.4%)

Probably

(16.2%)

Maybe

(17.8%)

Break even

(15.2%)

Probably make a loss

(40.4%)

Total Votes: 512
Poll Date: 04 January, 2010

Q: Did the Copenhagen summit strengthen or weaken the case for an ETS?

Strengthened

(3.7%)

Weakened

(29.7%)

About the same

(5.8%)

We never needed an ETS

(60.8%)

Total Votes: 775
Poll Date: 24 December, 2009

Q: What will be the centre piece of your Christmas feast?

Beef

(9.4%)

Lamb

(8%)

Ham

(26.2%)

Turkey

(20.8%)

Seafood

(18.1%)

Vegetarian

(7.8%)

Other

(9.6%)

Total Votes: 562
Poll Date: 18 December, 2009

Q: Has your farm business made a profit in 2009?

Yes - profit

(19.8%)

No - loss

(59.3%)

Broke even

(20.9%)

Total Votes: 450
Poll Date: 13 December, 2009

Q: Which do you think is the best method for reducing Australia's carbon emissions?

Emissions Trading Scheme

(8.7%)

Carbon Tax

(11.7%)

Laws regulating behaviour

(7.7%)

Direct Govt investment in renewable energy

(42.9%)

Direct Govt payments for emissions reductions

(5.2%)

None of the above

(23.8%)

Total Votes: 762
Poll Date: 06 December, 2009

Q: If an election were held next weekend, for which party would you vote?

Labor

(13.8%)

Liberal

(31%)

National

(34.4%)

Greens

(12.7%)

Family First

(1.3%)

Independent

(4.3%)

Other

(2.4%)

Total Votes: 1266
Poll Date: 29 November, 2009

Q: How has the deregulation of export wheat marketing affected your farm's profits this harvest?

Increased profits

(22.1%)

Decreased profits

(56.2%)

No change

(21.7%)

Total Votes: 258
Poll Date: 23 November, 2009

Q: Do you believe your farm business can profit from an emissions trading scheme?

Yes

(20.3%)

(70.1%)

Undecided

(9.6%)

Total Votes: 606
Poll Date: 15 November, 2009

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