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Preference for elimination or suppression strategy

28 Jul 2020

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%).
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