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%).