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State government response to Covid-19

1 Dec 2020

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

TOTAL: Good 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06 15/06
NSW 76% 75% 68% 65% 67% 57% 59% 61% 62% 63% 70% 65%
VIC 60% 59% 55% 45% 47% 50% 47% 49% 53% 49% 65% 75%
QLD 72% 71% 69% 69% 68% 66% 73% 68% 67% 69% 64% 67%
SA 70% 76% 77% 81% 81% 74% 65% 72% 76% 79% 79% 76%
WA 83% 82% 81% 83% 84% 87% 84% 86% 82% 77% 75% 77%
  • Coinciding with the Covid-19 outbreak in South Australia, positive rating of the SA Government has dropped to 70%, the lowest rating we’ve seen since August.
  • As Victoria continues to record no new Covid-19 cases, positive rating of the government is at 60%, up from a low of 45% in October.
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