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State government response to Covid-19

3 Nov 2020

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

TOTAL: Good 02/11 05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06
NSW 68% 65% 67% 57% 59% 61% 62% 63% 70% 65% 67% 62%
VIC 55% 45% 47% 50% 47% 49% 53% 49% 65% 75% 72% 71%
QLD 69% 69% 68% 66% 73% 68% 67% 69% 64% 67% 68% 69%
SA 77% 81% 81% 74% 65% 72% 76% 79% 79% 76% 79% 70%
WA 81% 83% 84% 87% 84% 86% 82% 77% 75% 77% 84% 79%
  • Positive rating of the NSW Government has increased again this week, now at 68%, up from 57% in September and to high ratings seen in June.
  • Following the easing of lockdown restrictions and low numbers of new community transmissions, positive ratings in Victoria have increased 10%pts from 45% last month to 55%. This is the highest ratings have been in Victoria since June.
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