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State government response to Covid-19

3 Aug 2021

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

TOTAL: Good 02/08 19/07 05/07 07/06 24/05 12/04 15/03 01/03 15/02 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11
NSW 47% 54% 57% 69% 68% 73% 75% 72% 72% 71% 76% 75% 68%
VIC 54% 49% 50% 48% 63% 58% 62% 49% 59% 61% 60% 59% 55%
QLD 60% 62% 61% 65% 68% 72% 75% 73% 76% 78% 72% 71% 69%
SA 73% 68% 67% 67% 71% 75% 85% 78% 79% 80% 70% 76% 77%
WA 82% 77% 86% 75% 77% 84% 91% 85% 88% 80% 83% 82% 81%
  • Amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in NSW, positive rating of the state government’s response to Covid-19 continues to drop, now at 47% from 57% a month ago.
  • Coinciding with the eased restrictions in VIC, rating of the state government has improved (now at 54%, 50% last month).
  • Positive rating of the SA government’s handling of Covid-19 has increased to 73%, an improvement from last month (67%).
  • Positive rating of the WA government’s handling of Covid-19 has increased to 82%, an improvement from mid-July (77%).
  • In QLD, positive rating of the state government’s handling of Covid-19 is at 60%, consistent with a month ago (61%).
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