Government response to Covid-19

Q. Overall, how would you rate the Government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

	13/04	06/04	29/03	22/03
Very poor	6%	6%	11%	9%
Quite poor	12%	15%	21%	20%
Neither good, nor poor	20%	21%	24%	26%
Quite good	40%	37%	34%	33%
Very good	23%	21%	11%	12%
NET: Poor	17%	21%	45%	29%
NET: Good	63%	58%	31%	45%
Base (n)	1,068	1,069	1,086	1,034

 

		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
Very poor	6%	7%	4%	8%		7%	3%	5%	6%
Quite poor	12%	13%	11%	22%		7%	7%	12%	10%
Neither good, nor poor	20%	19%	21%	28%		23%	11%	20%	21%
Quite good	40%	39%	40%	35%		42%	42%	41%	38%
Very good	23%	22%	24%	8%		22%	37%	22%	25%
NET: Poor	17%	19%	15%	30%		14%	10%	18%	16%
NET: Good	63%	61%	64%	43%		64%	79%	63%	63%
Base (n)	1,068	537	531	343		340	385	722	346

• The perception that the Government improved for the second week in a row. 63% now think the Government has done a good job (Very/somewhat) in handling the crisis.
• The ratings have increased most among people aged 35-54 (55% to 64%), and 55+ (68% to 79%).
• Increases in the government’s rating were also seen among WA residents (increased from 60% to 74%), Labor voters (from 49% to 58%) and those in capital cities (increased from 55% to 63%).