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State Government response to Covid-19

Aug 25, 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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