Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout

13 Apr 2021

Q. Which do you think is MOST responsible for Australians being vaccinated more slowly than you would like?

[Asked only to those who think Australians are being vaccinated against Covid-19 a bit / a lot more slowly than they would like]

	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
The federal government	42%	45%	39%	36%		51%	40%	57%		24%	44%	49%
State and territory governments	7%	8%	7%	16%		7%	4%	5%		11%	5%	13%
International supply chains	24%	29%	20%	24%		19%	28%	17%		35%	20%	17%
Unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines	18%	13%	22%	15%		18%	19%	15%		22%	22%	16%
Unsure	8%	6%	11%	9%		6%	9%	6%		8%	8%	5%
Base (n)	713	356	357	165		194	354	291		242	61	72

The largest cohort within the group of those who think Australians are being vaccinated against Covid-19 more slowly than they would like, think the federal government is most responsible for this (42%).
About a quarter (24%) place the onus on international supply chains, followed by 18% who feel unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines are the main reason for the slow progress of the vaccine rollout in Australia.
Only 7% think state and territory governments are most responsible and 8% are unsure.
Those most likely to place responsibility on the federal government for Australians being vaccinated more slowly than they would like include those aged 35-54 (51%) and Labor voters (57%).
Coalition voters are the most likely to think international supply chains are most responsible for the delays (35%).

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