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  • Jul, 2020

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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?

    All States 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06 25/05 18/05 11/05 04/05 27/04
    Very poor 7% 5% 4% 4% 6% 4% 3% 4% 4% 4%
    Quite poor 11% 8% 8% 7% 6% 7% 8% 8% 8% 9%
    Neither good, nor poor 18% 17% 17% 17% 20% 17% 17% 16% 18% 17%
    Quite good 36% 41% 38% 39% 38% 38% 39% 39% 38% 41%
    Very good 28% 28% 33% 32% 30% 35% 33% 34% 31% 30%
    TOTAL: Poor 17% 13% 12% 11% 12% 11% 11% 12% 12% 13%
    TOTAL: Good 64% 69% 71% 71% 68% 73% 72% 73% 70% 70%
    Base (n) 1,054 1,079 1,087 1,073 1,059 1,087 1,073 1,067 1,093 1,054

     

    TOTAL: Good 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06 25/05 18/05 11/05 04/05 27/04
    NSW 63% 70% 65% 67% 62% 65% 70% 70% 68% 63%
    VIC 49% 65% 75% 72% 71% 73% 71% 71% 72% 77%
    QLD 69% 64% 67% 68% 69% 74% 66% 70% 65% 67%
    SA 79% 79% 76% 79% 70% 84% 80% 78% 76% 77%
    WA 77% 75% 77% 84% 79% 83% 86% 83% 79% 76%

     

    • The positive rating of the State Government in Victoria has dropped from 65% in June to 49% this week. 17% think the Victorian government is doing a very good job (down from 26%) and those thinking they’ve done a quite good job has fallen from 28% to 32%.
    • Southern Australia (79%) and Western Australia (77%) have the highest state government ratings at handling the crisis.

     

    VICTORIA ONLY 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06 25/05 18/05 11/05 04/05 27/04
    Very poor 14% 8% 6% 6% 4% 3% 3% 4% 3% 3%
    Quite poor 12% 5% 5% 6% 7% 9% 10% 11% 8% 6%
    Neither good, nor poor 25% 22% 13% 16% 17% 16% 15% 15% 17% 14%
    Quite good 32% 38% 39% 38% 39% 37% 38% 34% 32% 40%
    Very good 17% 26% 36% 34% 33% 36% 33% 37% 40% 37%
    TOTAL: Poor 26% 13% 11% 12% 11% 11% 14% 14% 11% 9%
    TOTAL: Good 49% 65% 75% 72% 71% 73% 71% 71% 72% 77%
    Base (n) 281 261 275 275 275 275 267 275 275 272

     

    • At the same time, those rating the Victorian state Government’s performance as very or quite poor has doubled from 13% in June to 26% this week.

     

  • Apr, 2020

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    Financial situation during Covid-19 outbreak

    Q. Which of the following best describes your financial situation during the Covid-19 outbreak?

    NET: Agree 20/04 13/04 06/04 29/03 22/03
    I do not expect the Covid-19 will impact my income 23% 23% 24% 26% 24%
    I have sufficient savings to deal with a short-term loss of income 27% 29% 28% 32% 26%
    I will struggle with a short-term loss of income, but will get by 32% 33% 31% 23% 29%
    I will be in serious financial stress with short-term loss of income 18% 16% 16% 20% 21%
    Base (n) 1,051 1,068 1,069 1,086 1,034

     

        Household Employment
      Total Have dependent children Do not have dependent children In paid employment Not in paid employment Retired
    I do not expect the Covid-19 will impact my income 23% 18% 26% 14% 23% 46%
    I have sufficient savings to deal with a short-term loss of income 27% 24% 29% 31% 17% 34%
    I will struggle with a short-term loss of income, but will get by 32% 37% 29% 38% 33% 16%
    I will be in serious financial stress with short-term loss of income 18% 21% 16% 17% 28% 4%
    Base (n) 1,051 405 646 533 268 202
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