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State Government response to Covid-19

25 Aug 2020

Q. How would you rate your state government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

TOTAL: Good 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06 25/05 18/05 11/05
NSW 59% 61% 62% 63% 70% 65% 67% 62% 65% 70% 70%
VIC 47% 49% 53% 49% 65% 75% 72% 71% 73% 71% 71%
QLD 73% 68% 67% 69% 64% 67% 68% 69% 74% 66% 70%
SA 65% 72% 76% 79% 79% 76% 79% 70% 84% 80% 78%
WA 84% 86% 82% 77% 75% 77% 84% 79% 83% 86% 83%

 

  • Positive rating of the NSW Government’s handling of the crisis moved -2%pts this week to 59%, this is down from a peak of 70% in June.
  • Positive rating of the Victorian Government also moved -2%pts this week (to 47%). This is consistent with ratings since the outbreak in Victoria in July.
  • Western Australia (84%) have the highest state government ratings for handling the crisis.
VICTORIA ONLY 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06 25/05 18/05 11/05
Very poor 15% 16% 13% 14% 8% 6% 6% 4% 3% 3% 4%
Quite poor 20% 14% 17% 12% 5% 5% 6% 7% 9% 10% 11%
Neither good, nor poor 17% 21% 17% 25% 22% 13% 16% 17% 16% 15% 15%
Quite good 29% 28% 34% 32% 38% 39% 38% 39% 37% 38% 34%
Very good 18% 21% 19% 17% 26% 36% 34% 33% 36% 33% 37%
TOTAL: Poor 36% 30% 30% 26% 13% 11% 12% 11% 11% 14% 14%
TOTAL: Good 47% 49% 53% 49% 65% 75% 72% 71% 73% 71% 71%
Base (n) 275 499 239 281 261 275 275 275 275 267 275

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