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Interest in news stories

1 Dec 2020

Q. How closely have you been following these news stories in the last fortnight?

	TOTAL: Closely	TOTAL: Not closely
	TOTAL: Closely	TOTAL: Not closely
The Covid-19 outbreak in South Australia	69%	31%
The trial results of Covid-19 vaccines	66%	34%
The Trump campaign’s ongoing legal disputes regarding the US presidential election	56%	44%
The alleged war crimes committed by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan	53%	47%

The Covid-19 outbreak in South Australia was the news item most closely followed over the past two weeks (69%), followed closely by the trial results of Covid-19 vaccines (66%).
The Trump campaign’s ongoing legal disputes regarding the US presidential election was followed by 56% of people and the alleged war crimes committed by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan by 53%.