Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the information you’ve received about the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia?
| TOTAL: Agree | Aug’21
30/08/21 |
Aug’20
10/08/20 |
April’20
20/04/20 |
April’20
13/04/20 |
April’20
06/04/20 |
March’20
29/03/20 |
March’20
22/03/20 |
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 69% | 69% | 66% | 71% | 70% | 63% | 64% |
| I trust the medical experts advising the government on their Covid-19 strategy | 68% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I trust my state/territory government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 63% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I trust the federal government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 52% | 66% | 62% | 65% | 63% | 56% | 56% |
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 40% | 50% | 41% | 42% | 51% | 42% | 35% |
| TOTAL: Agree | TOTAL: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither disagree nor agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 69% | 13% | 23% | 45% | 19% | 8% | 5% |
| I trust the medical experts advising the government on their Covid-19 strategy | 68% | 12% | 33% | 36% | 19% | 7% | 5% |
| I trust my state/territory government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 63% | 19% | 23% | 39% | 18% | 10% | 10% |
| I trust the federal government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 52% | 26% | 18% | 34% | 23% | 14% | 11% |
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 40% | 33% | 11% | 30% | 27% | 18% | 15% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 69% | 69% | 68% | 58% | 69% | 77% | 72% | 75% | 71% | 48% | ||
| I trust the medical experts advising the government on their Covid-19 strategy | 68% | 69% | 68% | 57% | 69% | 78% | 70% | 77% | 65% | 50% | ||
| I trust my state/territory government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 63% | 62% | 63% | 60% | 61% | 68% | 67% | 69% | 62% | 43% | ||
| I trust the federal government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 52% | 53% | 51% | 44% | 54% | 56% | 42% | 75% | 37% | 36% | ||
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 40% | 43% | 37% | 38% | 42% | 40% | 42% | 47% | 36% | 30% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 539 | 561 | 341 | 374 | 385 | 388 | 405 | 90 | 119 | ||
| TOTAL: Agree | State | ||||
| NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | |
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 66% | 66% | 66% | 72% | 78% |
| I trust the medical experts advising the government on their Covid-19 strategy | 70% | 59% | 69% | 74% | 75% |
| I trust my state/territory government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 55% | 54% | 69% | 75% | 80% |
| I trust the federal government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 49% | 46% | 53% | 62% | 63% |
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 pandemic | 42% | 32% | 39% | 49% | 52% |
| Base (n) | 349 | 276 | 219 | 89 | 111 |