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Change in Working together
Q. And, how do you think your State or Territory government and the Federal government are working together now compared to earlier in the pandemic?
Total | State | |||||
NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | ||
A lot better | 13% | 14% | 10% | 14% | 16% | 14% |
A little better | 27% | 32% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 16% |
No better or worse | 30% | 30% | 26% | 31% | 33% | 33% |
A little worse | 15% | 14% | 20% | 14% | 12% | 19% |
A lot worse | 7% | 6% | 12% | 8% | 4% | 5% |
Unsure | 6% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 10% | 12% |
TOTAL: Better | 41% | 46% | 38% | 39% | 41% | 31% |
TOTAL: Worse | 23% | 20% | 32% | 22% | 16% | 24% |
Base (n) | 1,076 | 352 | 275 | 215 | 88 | 99 |
- Overall, most people believe the working relationship between the Federal and their state government has improved (41%) or stayed the same (30%) during the pandemic. 25% think the relationship between the governments has deteriorated.
- Victorians are most likely to think the relationship between the Federal and state governments has got worse (32%).

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