State and Federal Government Working Together

Q. How well do you think your State or Territory government and the Federal government are working together on issues to address the Covid-19 pandemic?

	Total		State
		NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA
Very well	17%	21%	8%	15%	19%	24%
Quite well	46%	46%	49%	48%	47%	40%
Quite poorly	22%	19%	28%	19%	21%	23%
Very poorly	8%	8%	10%	10%	6%	3%
Unsure	6%	7%	5%	7%	7%	8%
TOTAL: Well	64%	66%	57%	64%	66%	65%
TOTAL: Poorly	30%	27%	38%	29%	27%	27%
Base (n)	1,076	352	275	215	88	99

• People believe that more could be done between the Federal and State governments to address the Covid-19 pandemic. Less than a fifth of people (17%) think the Federal government and their state government are working together very well. While 46% say they are working together quite well, 30% rate the working relationship as poor.
• The Federal and Victorian governments are seen to have the worst relationship, with 57% of Victorians saying the Federal government is working well with their state government, but just 8% believe they are working very well together.