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Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

Fracking is the process of extracting oil or natural gas from shale rock. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which fractures the rock and allows the oil or gas to flow out to a well. While fracking has significantly boosted oil production, there are environmental concerns that the process is contaminating groundwater. Critics of fracking say it pollutes underground water supplies with chemicals, releases methane gas into the atmosphere, and can cause seismic activity. Proponents of fracking say it will drop oil and gas prices in Spain and lead to energy independence.

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Response rates from 44.4k Australia voters.

24%
Yes
76%
No
19%
Yes
62%
No
3%
Yes, but increase oversight
10%
No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead
2%
Yes, but not in heavily populated areas
4%
No, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking

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Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @BDC3LNFanswered…2mos2MO

Yes, but increase oversight and ensure that companies are taxed on volume extracted, not profits made

 @BD2FTK6answered…2mos2MO

No, this is contradictory to net zero efforts.

 @B8F82L4answered…8mos8MO

no but slowly change to sustainable rescources and help provide new jobs for those losing thier jobs because of it

 @B878Q4Zfrom California  answered…8mos8MO

no because we are not profiting off it as much as we should be. If we were making better returns then I can hear the case for it.

 @B4YT45Manswered…1yr1Y

Absolutely under no circumstances should this ever have been approved in Australia, the US has shown how damaging this technology can be

 @B38RCK7answered…1yr1Y

Yes, taxed at a much higher rate for an Australian Sovereign Fund and money used for renewable energy investment

 @B24STGSanswered…2yrs2Y

No, pursuing fracking when we are trying to reduce our carbon footprints would be contradictory to that goal.

 @9ZNMKQBanswered…2yrs2Y

It is okay, although oversight should be increased, but these resources should regardless be replaced by sustainable sources such as nuclear.

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iSideWith. (2026). “Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?” — Public Opinion Poll Results. Retrieved June 26, 2026, from https://australia.isidewith.com/polls/384359234

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