Performance of Groups/Organisations
Q. And from what you have seen and heard, how would you rate each of the following in terms of how they have responded to the floods?
Total good | Total poor | Very good | Good | Average | Poor | Very poor | Don’t know | |
The Federal Labor Government | 48% | 15% | 15% | 33% | 26% | 7% | 8% | 11% |
The Federal Coalition Opposition | 29% | 19% | 6% | 23% | 37% | 12% | 7% | 15% |
The Queensland State Government | 78% | 3% | 48% | 30% | 10% | 1% | 2% | 9% |
The Queensland State Government (Qld only) | 79% | 3% | 51% | 28% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 7% |
The Victorian State Government | 48% | 4% | 14% | 34% | 22% | 3% | 1% | 26% |
The Victorian State Government (Vic only) | 53% | 8% | 13% | 40% | 23% | 6% | 2% | 16% |
The NSW State Government | 33% | 12% | 8% | 25% | 27% | 8% | 4% | 27% |
The NSW State Government (NSW only) | 26% | 22% | 5% | 21% | 33% | 13% | 9% | 20% |
The Australian military | 78% | 2% | 49% | 29% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 10% |
State emergency services | 88% | 2% | 71% | 17% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 7% |
The media | 61% | 9% | 26% | 35% | 23% | 5% | 4% | 7% |
The banks | 22% | 26% | 6% | 16% | 30% | 17% | 9% | 23% |
The insurance industry | 10% | 53% | 2% | 8% | 22% | 25% | 28% | 14% |
Australian businesses overall | 48% | 8% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 6% | 2% | 14% |
The Australian people overall | 85% | 2% | 56% | 29% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 6% |
Groups with highest ratings for their response to the floods were state emergency services (88% good), the Australian people overall (85%), the Queensland State Government (78%) and the Australian military (78%).
The Federal Government’s response was rated 48% good/15% poor/26% average while the Federal Opposition was rated 29% good/19% poor/37% average.
The only groups with overall negative ratings were the insurance industry (53% poor/10% good) and the banks (26% poor/22% good).

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