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Coronavirus concerns and government actions
Q. To what extent are you concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus in Australia?
Total | |
Very concerned | 25% |
Quite concerned | 43% |
Not that concerned | 26% |
Not at all concerned | 6% |
Base (n) | 1,056 |
Q. Do you think the Government is doing enough to protect Australians from the threat of Coronavirus?
Age | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
Total | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | |
Government is doing enough | 49% | 43% | 45% | 57% | 43% | 68% | 34% | 37% |
Government is not doing enough | 30% | 38% | 35% | 19% | 38% | 16% | 38% | 40% |
Don’t know | 21% | 19% | 20% | 24% | 19% | 15% | 28% | 23% |
Base (n) | 1,056 | 341 | 366 | 349 | 354 | 320 | 113 | 155 |
- 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?
NET: Agree | NET: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Unsure | |
Stopping all flights to and from China until more is known about the disease | 85% | 10% | 59% | 25% | 8% | 2% | 5% |
Stopping anyone from entering the country who has who has been to China in the last 14 days | 84% | 11% | 59% | 25% | 8% | 3% | 5% |
People entering Australia from affected areas in China will be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days | 82% | 12% | 59% | 23% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
NET: Agree | Age | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||
Total | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | |
Stopping all flights to and from China until more is known about the disease | 85% | 77% | 83% | 92% | 84% | 91% | 72% | 82% |
Stopping anyone from entering the country who has who has been to China in the last 14 days | 84% | 76% | 84% | 90% | 84% | 90% | 71% | 86% |
People entering Australia from affected areas in China will be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days | 82% | 73% | 82% | 90% | 79% | 92% | 67% | 83% |
Base (n) | 1,056 | 341 | 366 | 349 | 354 | 320 | 113 | 155 |
- 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.

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In this week's report:
- Performance of Scott Morrison
- Performance of Anthony Albanese
- Preferred Prime Minister
- Federal government response to Covid-19
- State government response to Covid-19
- Confidence in Labor government handling of Covid-19 pandemic
- Satisfaction with speed of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
- Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout
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