Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?

• Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, a majority of people have increased their personal hygiene (72%), limited their social interactions (60%) and reduced physical greetings (60%). A third of people say they have stocked up on groceries (33%).
• Younger people aged 18-34 were more likely to have changed their working patterns (33%) and reduced using cash for payments (30%)
• Just 12% of people say they have not changed their behaviour as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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

• One in five people expect to be in serious financial stress due to a loss of income (21%), a further 29% say they will struggle.
• Women (24%), those aged 18-34 (25%) or 35-54 (28%) and those living in non-capital areas (25%) are most likely to be in serious financial stress.
• Around half people say they either have sufficient savings to manage a loss of income (26%) or will not suffer a loss of income as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak (24%).
• Those aged over 55 are more likely to be in a strong financial position, with 37% not expecting their income to be impacted and 31% having sufficient savings to manage a short-term loss of income.

• A quarter of families with dependent children in the household expect to be in serious financial stress with a short-term loss of income.

Q. Which of the following is closest to your view on the role of the Federal Labor opposition during the response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

• Half of people (49%) prefer decisions to make quickly by to Government to react to the Covid-19 outbreak. This is highest among Coalition voters (66%).
• A third (33%) want decisions reviewed and challenged by the opposition.

Q To what extent are you concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus in Australia?

• Net concern about the threat of Coronavirus has decreased overall with 36% of participants now ‘quite concerned’, down from 43% in Feb’20.
• 9% of participants are now ‘not at all concerned’ about Coronavirus, up from 6% last month.

Likelihood of developing Coronavirus

Q How likely do you think it is, that you will develop Coronavirus?

• Overall, two-thirds (68%) of participants think it’s unlikely that they will develop Coronavirus.
• Especially those over 55 years old (77%) tend to believe it’s unlikely they will develop Coronavirus.
• Greens voters tend to believe it’s very unlikely they will develop Coronavirus (38%) compared to all other voters (24%).

Q. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, do any of the following statements apply to you?

• 30% of participants have changed their behaviour in some way listed – with 20% saying they have either stayed away from cities or town centres, or avoided going to restaurants.
• 18-34 year olds (43%), university educated (39%), capital city residents (34%) and those with dependent children (36%) are most likely to report changing their behaviour since the Coronavirus outbreak.
• Whereas 55+ year olds (16%), those with a secondary school education (20%), non-capital residents (23%) and participants without dependent children (27%) are least likely to report behavioural changes.

Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the Coronavirus?

• Four out of five participants agree that because of global movements in people we are more vulnerable to the spread of viruses like this (81%) or the Australian government has been right to prevent people from mainland China entering Australia (80%).
• Three in five agree the government and the media have done a good job in keeping the public informed about the virus (62%); but only one in five agree that the border with China should be kept open to keep money from tourism and students coming into the country (20%).
• Participants over 55 years old (90%, 88% and 73% agreement respectively) and Liberal voters (86%, 88% and 73%) are more likely to agree with the top three statements.
• Capital residents are more likely to agree that government and the media have done a good job in keeping the public informed about the virus than those in non-capital cities (65% compared to 57%).
• Men, 18-34 year olds and participants with a university education are more likely to agree that the border with China should be kept open to keep money from tourism and students coming into the country (24%, 28%, 29% respectively); than women, participants over 55 or with a secondary school education (16%, 13%, 12% respectively).

Q. To what extent are you concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus in Australia?

Q. Do you think the Government is doing enough to protect Australians from the threat of Coronavirus?

• 25% are very concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus to Australia and 43% are quite concerned. 26% are not at all concerned and 6% say they are not at all concerned.
• 49% of participants believe the government is doing enough to protect Australians from Coronavirus; those over 55 years old (57%) and Coalition voters (68%) are most likely to say that the Government is doing enough.
• Those aged 18-54 year old (37%), with dependent children (35%), Greens voters (38%) and other/independent party voters (40%) are more likely to believe that the government isn’t doing enough.

Attitudes towards Coronavirus management

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus to Australia?

• More than four-fifths of participants agree with each of the three measures to limit to the spread of the Coronavirus; stopping all flights to and from China has 85% agreement, stopping anyone entering the country who has been to China in the last 14 days has 84% agreement, and 82% agree that people entering Australia from affected areas in China should be quarantined.
• Participants over 55 years old and Coalition voters are more likely to agree with these measures, than participants 18-34 and Greens voters.