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State government response to Covid-19
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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