Essential Report

Leadership during bushfires

Jan 14, 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Scott Morrison/Gladys Berejiklian/Daniel Andrews’s handling of the bushfire crisis?

	NET: Approve	NET: Disapprove	Strongly approve	Approve	Disapprove	Strongly disapprove	Don’t know
Scott Morrison (Asked in all states, n=1,081)	32%	57%	8%	24%	21%	36%	11%
Gladys Berejiklian (Asked in NSW only, n=333)	55%	22%	14%	43%	14%	9%	22%
Daniel Andrews (Asked in VIC only, n=275)	58%	20%	14%	44%	13%	7%	22%

NET: APPROVE	Total	Federal Voting Intention
NET: APPROVE	Total	Labor	Coalition	NET: Other
Scott Morrison (Asked in all states, n=1,081)	32%	11%	64%	23%
Gladys Berejiklian (Asked in NSW only, n=333)	55%	54%	71%	40%
Daniel Andrews (Asked in VIC only, n=333)	58%	67%	63%	37%

Around a third (32%) of people approve of Scott Morrison’s handing of the current bushfires crisis, with just 8% strongly approving of his performance. 36% strongly disapprove of his performance.
Comparatively, state premiers Berejiklian and Andrews have performed well, with over half of people in each state approving of their handling of the crisis (55% in NSW and 58% in Victoria).
The majority of Scott Morrison’s approval is coming from within his own supporter base, with 64% of intended Coalition voters approving of his performance during the crisis. Just 11% of Labor voters and 23% of those voting for another party approve of his performance.

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