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).