Key Results:

• The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,002 Australians about the plan to purchase nuclear-powered submarines.
• The results show that Australians are not clear about how the submarine program should be funded.
• Respondents were told that the Albanese Government and the Dutton Opposition have committed to building nuclear submarines, at an estimated cost of between $268 billion and $368 billion.
• They were then asked how the nuclear submarines should primarily be paid for, between cuts to other defence spending, cuts to government services, increasing the deficit and raising taxes.