In Australia, a poll by Galaxy Research found that 76 percent of Aussies want renewable energy funded in the federal budget, compared with 17 percent who said that fossil fuels subsidies should be included in the budget. A previous poll by Greenpeace last month found that 60 percent of Australians supported government funding of renewables. The political group GetUp, in commenting on the study, said that the government currently spent $28 on fossil fuels for every dollar of support for renewables.
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