The Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper revealed 60 per cent of the voters are opposed to the prime minister’s plan to put a cost on carbon next year as opposition leader Tony Abott perseveres to campaign against the tax.

The sharp drop in the support percentage for the past two months came from the young, families, women and even Labor supporters who served as poll participants with 39 per cent of them “strongly against” the carbon tax. In the contrary, only 12 per cent out of the total 30 percentage of supporters were “strongly in favor” of it.

An announcement from Gillard stating that she would break an election pledge and introduce a carbon tax has intensified the opposition to the plan. This mirrored a decline in personal approval for the lady prime minster and the Labor’s crucial vote.

Gilliard will push through with the carbon tax plan despite negative poll results and continuous opposition campaigns.

The most recent newspoll survey on the issue shows the 35-49 year old age group oppose it most - the group most likely to have families and mortgages. She shall meet tonight industry and business authorities at Kirribilli House in Sydney after several chief executives publicly joined Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes regarding industry exemptions from the tax to protect jobs.

Abbott experienced a six per cent rise totaling to 42 per cent in his personal satisfaction as s he campaigned against the carbon tax for the past months.

"I think it's the good sense, the common sense, of the worker which is coming to the fore here. The Australian worker understands that smart governments don't make difficult situations worse by piling on unnecessary new costs and that's what this government is doing,” Abbott said.