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Federal Government response to Covid-19
Q. Overall, how would you rate the Federal Government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?
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Very poor | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
Quite poor | 9% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
Neither good, nor poor | 18% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 16% | 18% |
Quite good | 41% | 39% | 39% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 43% | 42% | 40% |
Very good | 26% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 30% |
TOTAL: Poor | 15% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 12% | 11% | 12% |
TOTAL: Good | 67% | 61% | 60% | 61% | 59% | 61% | 63% | 64% | 64% | 71% | 72% | 70% |
Base (n) | 1,010 | 1,063 | 1,066 | 1,081 | 1,076 | 1,068 | 1,010 | 1,058 | 1,054 | 1,079 | 1,087 | 1,073 |
- Rating of the Federal Government’s handling of Covid-19 has improved, with 67% rating it very or quite good (up from 61% earlier in the month).

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