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Attitudes towards Queensland border closure

22 Sep 2020

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the Queensland state government decision to close its borders to Victoria, New South Wales and ACT to prevent the spread of Covid-19?

  Total State
  NSW VIC QLD SA WA
Strongly oppose 13% 20% 14% 10% 5% 1%
Somewhat oppose 13% 16% 13% 12% 7% 7%
Somewhat support 31% 34% 35% 20% 23% 31%
Strongly support 36% 23% 29% 50% 55% 54%
Unsure 8% 7% 10% 8% 9% 7%
TOTAL: Oppose 25% 36% 26% 22% 13% 8%
TOTAL: Support 66% 57% 64% 70% 78% 85%
Base (n) 1,081 352 274 212 85 104

 

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor Liberal + National Greens TOTAL: Other
Strongly oppose 13% 15% 10% 6% 11% 19% 9% 17% 8% 24%
Somewhat oppose 13% 15% 11% 14% 11% 14% 9% 18% 12% 15%
Somewhat support 31% 31% 30% 40% 29% 25% 35% 30% 32% 24%
Strongly support 36% 33% 39% 30% 39% 38% 39% 31% 40% 30%
Unsure 8% 7% 10% 10% 10% 5% 8% 4% 8% 7%
TOTAL: Oppose 25% 30% 22% 20% 22% 33% 17% 35% 20% 39%
TOTAL: Support 66% 64% 69% 70% 67% 62% 74% 61% 73% 54%
Base (n) 1,081 539 542 338 374 369 298 460 115 104
  • Two-thirds (66%) of Australians support the closure of its internal borders. Support for the decision is high in Queensland (70%), WA (85%) and SA (78%) support is lower in NSW (57%).
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