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State government response to Covid-19

2 Feb 2021

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

TOTAL: Good 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06
NSW 71% 76% 75% 68% 65% 67% 57% 59% 61% 62% 63% 70%
VIC 61% 60% 59% 55% 45% 47% 50% 47% 49% 53% 49% 65%
QLD 78% 72% 71% 69% 69% 68% 66% 73% 68% 67% 69% 64%
SA 80% 70% 76% 77% 81% 81% 74% 65% 72% 76% 79% 79%
WA 80% 83% 82% 81% 83% 84% 87% 84% 86% 82% 77% 75%
  • Positive rating of the NSW government has dropped to 71% (from 76% at the end of November).
  • Positive rating of the QLD government has increased to 78%, the highest rating we’ve seen in the last six months.
  • The rating of the Victorian government is still the lowest rating of states at 61%.
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