Australians, or just over 50% of them anyway, care most about their own pocket, making sure they get money, making sure their house price remains high.
I'm pretty sure a very large percentage of Australians care about the environment at some level, just not more than they care about money.
The Australian government is very much opposed to renewable energy and strongly supports the usage of more coal.
Quite a number do care and I've met some of them, but there's a lot of opposition, especially in rural Queensland.
With regards to the election result - I wonder what proportion of LNP voters are actually just plain selfish? I imagine it's high but there must also be a proportion that are just taken in by the false narrative (I know at least one). There were two massive lie campaigns, one pushed by the LNP and one by Clive Palmer (at a cost of $80 million allegedly), which were amplified by a mainstream media that no longer appears to consider checking whether claims are true is any part of their job.