Preference for elimination or suppression strategy

Q. Out of the following two strategies, which do you think the Australian government should pursue in its response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

 

		Voting intention
	Total	Labor	NET: Coalition	Greens	NET: Other
Elimination strategy: Work towards removing all cases of Covid-19 in Australia	44%	52%	31%	54%	49%
Suppression strategy: Work towards minimising outbreaks and keeping the number of new cases at a manageable level for medical services until an effective vaccine is available	56%	48%	69%	46%	51%
Base (n)	1,058	334	428	81	107

 

		State
	Total	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
Elimination strategy: Work towards removing all cases of Covid-19 in Australia	44%	42%	46%	41%	42%	46%
Suppression strategy: Work towards minimising outbreaks and keeping the number of new cases at a manageable level for medical services until an effective vaccine is available	56%	58%	54%	59%	58%	54%
Base (n)	1,058	352	239	220	88	110

 

• The population is split on the preferred strategy to deal with Covid-19 in Australia. While 56% of participants think the Australian government should pursue a suppression strategy towards Covid-19, 46% opted for elimination of the virus.
• Suppression was the favoured b the majority of residents in all states.
• Coalition voters (69%) are more in favour of the Suppression strategy than, Labor (48%), Greens (46%) and voters for other parties (51%).