Federal Health Agreement
Q4. Do you approve or disapprove of the agreement over health funding between the Federal Government and the State Governments?
Total approve | 48% |
Total disapprove | 25% |
Strongly approve | 13% |
Approve | 35% |
Disapprove | 16% |
Strongly disapprove | 9% |
Don’t know | 27% |
48% of respondents approved of the agreement over health funding between the Federal Government and the State Governments and 25% disapproved. 71% of Labor voters approved and 7% disapproved. Liberal/National voters split 36% approve/46% disapprove.
Respondents from NSW and Queensland were more likely to approve than respondents from Victoria – NSW 50% approve/22% disapprove, Queensland 48%/20%, Victoria 45%/28%. Comments »
Federal takeover of hospitals and health services
Q. Do you think the State Governments should or should not agree to the Federal Government’s health plan to take control of funding hospitals and health services?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Liberal/National | Vote Greens | |
Should agree to health plan | 56% | 73% | 40% | 65% |
Should not agree to health plan | 26% | 11% | 45% | 21% |
Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 15% | 14% |
A majority (56%) think the State Governments should agree to the Federal Government’s health plan to take control of funding hospitals and health services – 26% think they should not agree.
States most likely to agree are South Australia (75%) and Queensland (64%). 55% of NSW respondents agree and 45% of Victorians agree (32% of Victorians disagree). Comments »

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