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State government response to Covid-19

16 Feb 2021

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

TOTAL: Good 15/02 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07
NSW 72% 71% 76% 75% 68% 65% 67% 57% 59% 61% 62% 63%
VIC 59% 61% 60% 59% 55% 45% 47% 50% 47% 49% 53% 49%
QLD 76% 78% 72% 71% 69% 69% 68% 66% 73% 68% 67% 69%
SA 79% 80% 70% 76% 77% 81% 81% 74% 65% 72% 76% 79%
WA 88% 80% 83% 82% 81% 83% 84% 87% 84% 86% 82% 77%
  • As Victoria entered a snap 5-day lockdown, the rating of the VIC government dropped to 59% (from 61% earlier this month).
  • Positive rating of the WA government has increased to 88% (from 80% earlier this month). This is the highest rating in the last six months.
  • Positive rating of the QLD government has fallen slightly to 76% (from 78% earlier this month). Ratings of the NSW and SA government remain virtually unchanged at 72% and 79% respectively.
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