Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout

8 Jun 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 any one of the groups listed above are being vaccinated against Covid-19 more slowly than they would like]

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
The federal government	50%	52%	48%	48%	49%	52%	61%	36%	63%	59%
State and territory governments	23%	28%	17%	22%	23%	23%	14%	34%	15%	18%
International supply chains	8%	7%	8%	6%	7%	9%	9%	7%	5%	9%
Unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines	11%	8%	13%	14%	11%	8%	9%	15%	8%	9%
Unsure	9%	5%	13%	10%	10%	8%	8%	8%	8%	5%
Base (n)	755	374	381	225	222	308	250	284	78	95

	State
	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
The federal government	48%	58%	41%	39%	53%
State and territory governments	22%	21%	29%	34%	15%
International supply chains	8%	7%	6%	5%	14%
Unavoidable delays in the production of vaccines	12%	7%	12%	13%	14%
Unsure	10%	8%	12%	9%	4%
Base (n)	225	203	158	61	74

Half (50%) of those who said any one of the groups listed in the previous question are being vaccinated more slowly than they would like think the federal government is most responsible for the slow rollout of vaccinations.
Compared to other Australians, Victorians are most likely to think the federal government is most responsible (58% of Victorians, followed by 53% of Western Australians, 48% of those in NSW, 41% Queenslanders and 39% South Australians).
23% think state and territory governments are most responsible; Men and Coalition voters are most likely to think this.

The Essential Report Archive Read the latest report