Support for restrictions to reduce the spread of Covid-19

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following the following measures which have been implemented or suggested, to reduce the spread and transmission of Covid-19?

	NET: Support	NET: Oppose	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support nor oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
Closing Australia’s borders to other countries	88%	5%	74%	13%	7%	3%	2%
Making direct payments to people who have lost work due to Covid-19	82%	5%	57%	25%	13%	3%	2%
Closing pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes	81%	8%	57%	24%	11%	5%	3%
Closing borders between Australia’s states and territories	80%	9%	55%	24%	11%	6%	3%
Making direct payments to small and medium business who have lost income due to Covid-19	80%	7%	51%	29%	14%	4%	3%
Closing schools	69%	13%	43%	26%	18%	8%	4%

• More than 80% of participants support five of the six implemented or suggested measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 – closing schools is the only measure with lower support (69% support).

NET: SUPPORT		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
Closing Australia’s borders to other countries	88%	82%	93%	77%		88%	96%	86%	91%
Making direct payments to people who have lost work due to Covid-19	82%	79%	85%	74%		82%	90%	81%	84%
Closing pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes	81%	76%	87%	73%		80%	90%	81%	82%
Closing borders between Australia’s states and territories	80%	73%	86%	74%		78%	86%	79%	81%
Making direct payments to small and medium business who have lost income due to Covid-19	80%	75%	84%	71%		78%	89%	78%	84%
Closing schools	69%	63%	75%	71%		69%	67%	69%	70%
Base (n)	1,086	539	547	341		362	383	727	359

• Women and participants over 55 years olds are more supportive of all the listed measures than men or participants 18-34 years old.

		Household
NET: SUPPORT	Total	Have dependent children	Do not have dependent children
Closing Australia’s borders to other countries	88%	85%	89%
Making direct payments to people who have lost work due to Covid-19	82%	78%	84%
Closing pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes	81%	79%	83%
Closing borders between Australia’s states and territories	80%	80%	80%
Making direct payments to small and medium business who have lost income due to Covid-19	80%	76%	82%
Closing schools	69%	69%	69%
Base (n)	1,086	713	373

• There is no difference in support for closing schools between participants with dependent child and those without (both 69%).