Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout

26 Apr 2021

Q. Which do you think is MOST responsible for Australians being vaccinated more slowly than you would like?

[Asked only to those who think Australians are being vaccinated against Covid-19 a bit / a lot more slowly than they would like]

	This week 26/04	Two weeks ago 12/04
The federal government	48%	42%
State and territory governments	8%	7%
International supply chains	18%	24%
Unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines	16%	18%
Unsure	11%	8%
Base (n)	505	713

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
The federal government	48%	54%	41%	43%	54%	46%	59%	32%	64%	47%
State and territory governments	8%	9%	7%	12%	10%	6%	5%	12%	6%	7%
International supply chains	18%	17%	18%	13%	12%	22%	11%	28%	5%	14%
Unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines	16%	14%	17%	23%	11%	15%	14%	21%	13%	12%
Unsure	11%	6%	16%	9%	13%	10%	10%	7%	12%	20%
Base (n)	505	262	243	112	102	291	200	196	40	44

Almost half of those who say Australians are being vaccinated more slowly than they would like think the federal government is most responsible for this (48% up from 42% two weeks ago).
18% place the onus on international supply chains (a drop from 24% two weeks ago), followed by 16% (on par with 18% a fortnight ago) who feel unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines are the main reason for the slow progress of the vaccine rollout in Australia.
Only 8% think state and territory governments are most responsible and 11% are unsure.
Those most likely to place responsibility on the federal government for Australians being vaccinated more slowly than they would like include men (54%), Greens (64%) and Labor voters (59%).
Coalition voters are the most likely to think international supply chains are most responsible for the delays (28%, compared to 10% of all other voters).

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