The Greens & the Katter Party campaigned heavily on natural gas issues: as did some ALP candidates in surveyed seats.
For some time, they have tried to tell Australia that natural gas development will be a key election issue and they tried to make this election a referendum on this issue.
To that end – the natural gas industry undertook this exit poll to test the credibility of their strategy.
The top issues (when voters were prompted) were:
Even when voters were prompted, natural gas issues scored ZERO per cent
Attachment: Federal election day poll 7 September 2013 summary