Clarity of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Q. How clear and easy to understand are the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions/rules affecting the area you live in?

[Asked only to respondents with lockdown restrictions in their area]

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Very clear and easy to understand	40%	42%	39%	32%	45%	44%	43%	44%	36%	27%
Fairly clear and easy to understand	42%	40%	45%	54%	36%	37%	42%	42%	46%	37%
Not that clear and easy to understand	12%	11%	13%	10%	12%	14%	11%	10%	15%	22%
Not at all clear and easy to understand	5%	7%	4%	4%	6%	6%	4%	4%	3%	14%
Base (n)	925	465	460	308	324	293	324	344	80	97

 

	State
	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
Very clear and easy to understand	29%	50%	44%	46%	50%
Fairly clear and easy to understand	44%	36%	48%	37%	45%
Not that clear and easy to understand	19%	10%	7%	10%	4%
Not at all clear and easy to understand	8%	4%	2%	7%	1%
Base (n)	345	275	156	58	51

• Most people understand the Covid-19 restrictions in their area, with 40% saying they are very clear and easy to understand, and 42% saying they are fairly clear and easy to understand.
• Restrictions in NSW are less clear than in Victoria. Just 29% in NSW say the restrictions are very clear and easy to understand (50% in Victoria).