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Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout
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 | |||||||
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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