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State government response to Covid-19

13 Apr 2021

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

TOTAL: Good 12/04 15/03 01/03 15/02 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08
NSW 73% 75% 72% 72% 71% 76% 75% 68% 65% 67% 57% 59% 61%
VIC 58% 62% 49% 59% 61% 60% 59% 55% 45% 47% 50% 47% 49%
QLD 72% 75% 73% 76% 78% 72% 71% 69% 69% 68% 66% 73% 68%
SA 75% 85% 78% 79% 80% 70% 76% 77% 81% 81% 74% 65% 72%
WA 84% 91% 85% 88% 80% 83% 82% 81% 83% 84% 87% 84% 86%
  • Positive rating of state governments’ response to the Covid-19 outbreak has decreased in all states in the last month.
  • While still high, the rating of the SA and WA governments have witnessed the largest drops in the last month – from 85% to 75% for the SA government and 91% to 84% for the WA government.
  • Positive rating of the VIC government has dipped back down to 58% (from 62% a month ago). This is consistent with levels in February.
  • Rating of the NSW and QLD governments are now at 73% and 72% respectively.
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