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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.

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