Hostility to the carbon tax is softening, with a Newspoll showing more voters warming to Prime Minister Julia Gillard's sales pitch.
Support for the carbon tax has risen by six percentage points to 36 per cent in the two weeks since the federal government unveiled details of its $23-a-tonne carbon price regime, the poll published in The Australian newspaper showed.
Backing for the carbon tax had sat at 30 per cent for three months.
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Opposition to the carbon tax has also fallen from 59 points to 53, following a $12-million, taxpayer-funded advertising campaign.
Labor's electoral support has also recovered, rising from a record low of 27 points to 29.
The coalition's support has fallen from 49 points to 47, but it is still well ahead of Labor on the two-party-preferred vote, leading by 56 points to 44.
Before the carbon tax announcement, the coalition led by 58 points to 42.
Young people and Labor voters in particular have warmed to the carbon tax, the poll found.
