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Easing restrictions

12 May 2020

Q. When do you think governments should start to ease the restrictions on travel and gatherings to allow offices, shops, restaurants, other workplaces, and public spaces to start operating again?

  11/05 04/05 27/04 20/04
As soon as possible 13% 10% 10% 9%
Within the next 1 to 2 weeks 12% 9% 7% 6%
Within the next month 22% 21% 18% 14%
By the end of next month 20% 15% 15% 13%
It is too soon to consider easing restrictions 27% 37% 42% 49%
Unsure 6% 8% 8% 10%
Base (n) 1,067 1,093 1,054 1,051

 

  Federal Voting Intention
Labor Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
As soon as possible 11% 15% 4% 17%
Within the next 1 to 2 weeks 10% 15% 4% 18%
Within the next month 17% 25% 35% 17%
By the end of next month 24% 17% 15% 17%
It is too soon to consider easing restrictions 33% 23% 35% 20%
Unsure 5% 4% 6% 10%
Base (n) 306 418 86 143
  • People are becoming increasingly open to easing the lockdown restrictions – now just over a quarter (27%) believe it’s too soon to consider easing restrictions and 20% say that the government could ease restrictions by the end of June.
  • Labor and Greens voters (33% and 35% respectively) are more likely to say it’s too soon to consider easing restrictions than Coalition and other voters (23% and 20%).
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