Performance of State Premiers
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job <NAME> is doing as State Premier?
[Only asked in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA]
| TOTAL: Approve | 25/10/21 | 16/11/20 | 02/11/20 | 19/10/20 |
| [Prior to Oct’21] Gladys Berejiklian
[Oct’21 onwards] Dominic Perrottet NSW |
47% | 75% | 68% | 67% |
| Daniel Andrews
VIC |
52% | 65% | 61% | 54% |
| Annastacia Palaszczuk
QLD |
66% | 65% | 65% | 62% |
| Steven Marshall
SA |
61% | 60% | 71% | 51% |
| Mark McGowan
WA |
82% | 87% | 78% | 84% |
| Base (n) | 1,781 | 1,036 | 1,063 | 1,082 |
- Approval of Dominic Perrottet among those in NSW is at 47%, however as he has just been in the job for a short period of time, there is a large number who are as yet unsure of him (25%). Last October, approval of Gladys Berejiklian was at 67%.
- Approval of Daniel Andrews among Victorians is at 52%, around the same level as last October (54%) but a drop from the level last November (65%).
- Approval of Steven Marshall among South Australians remains at 61%, around the same level as last November (60%).
- Approval of Annastacia Palaszczuk among Queenslanders and Mark McGowan among Western Australians remain at similar levels as last October at 66% and 82% respectively.
|
|
Dominic Perrottet NSW | Daniel Andrews
VIC |
Annastacia Palaszczuk
QLD |
Steven Marshall
SA |
Mark McGowan
WA |
| Strongly approve | 9% | 20% | 26% | 15% | 46% |
| Approve | 38% | 32% | 40% | 46% | 36% |
| Disapprove | 17% | 16% | 12% | 18% | 8% |
| Strongly disapprove | 11% | 24% | 15% | 8% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 25% | 9% | 7% | 13% | 5% |
| TOTAL: Approve | 47% | 52% | 66% | 61% | 82% |
| TOTAL: Disapprove | 28% | 40% | 27% | 27% | 13% |
| Base (n) | 352 | 275 | 217 | 443 | 441 |
- Nearly half (46%) of Western Australians strongly approve of the job Mark McGowan is doing as State Premier.
- About a quarter (26%) of Queenslanders strongly approve of the job Annastacia Palaszczuk is doing as State Premier.
- While 20% of Victorians strongly approve of the job Daniel Andrews is doing as State Premier, about a quarter (24%) strongly disapprove.
- A quarter (25%) of those in NSW are unsure about the job newly appointed State Premier Dominic Perrottet is doing.
Interest in news stories
Q. How closely have you been following these news stories in the last fortnight?
The Covid-19 outbreak in South Australia
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| Very closely | 26% | 28% | 23% | 22% | 28% | 27% | 24% | 29% | 30% | 22% |
| Fairly closely | 43% | 45% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 46% | 48% | 46% | 31% | 36% |
| Not that closely | 23% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 25% | 28% |
| Not closely at all | 8% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 14% | 14% |
| TOTAL: Closely | 69% | 73% | 65% | 65% | 69% | 73% | 73% | 75% | 61% | 59% |
| TOTAL: Not closely | 31% | 27% | 35% | 35% | 31% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 39% | 41% |
| Base (n) | 1,034 | 528 | 506 | 329 | 320 | 385 | 322 | 430 | 88 | 107 |
Performance of State Premiers
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job <NAME> is doing as State Premier?
[Only asked in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA]
|
|
Gladys Berejiklian
NSW |
Daniel Andrews
VIC |
Annastacia Palaszczuk
QLD |
Steven Marshall
SA |
Mark McGowan
WA |
| Strongly approve | 27% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 53% |
| Approve | 41% | 29% | 39% | 36% | 31% |
| Disapprove | 14% | 16% | 12% | 14% | 6% |
| Strongly disapprove | 9% | 24% | 15% | 5% | 1% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 6% | 10% | 29% | 10% |
| TOTAL: Approve | 67% | 54% | 62% | 51% | 84% |
| TOTAL: Disapprove | 22% | 40% | 28% | 20% | 7% |
| Base (n) | 352 | 274 | 217 | 82 | 105 |
- Mark McGowan in WA has the highest approval of State premiers, with 84% approving of his leadership, and just 7% disapproval.
- Victorian Dan Andrews has the lowest approval rating (54% approval, with 40% disapproval). He maintains approval among Labor voters (78% approval), but majority of Coalition voters in Victoria disapprove of his leadership (54%).
- Gladys Berejiklian has a high approval rating compared to other state premiers (67%). She has a majority approval among Coalition voters (83%), Labor voters (57%) and other parties (60%).
- 62% of Queenslanders approval of the job Annastacia Palaszczuk is doing ahead of the election later this month. 28% disapprove of the Queensland premier, driven by high disapproval ratings among Coalition voters (37%).
South Australian battery
Q. It was recently announced by the South Australian government that technology company Tesla will construct the “world’s largest battery” in South Australia. The battery will store wind energy to be used in high-demand periods, with the aim of increasing the reliability of the South Australian energy grid. Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total good idea | 73% | 79% | 70% | 82% | 69% | |
| Total bad idea | 5% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 11% | |
| Very good idea | 42% | 48% | 40% | 46% | 39% | |
| Good idea | 31% | 31% | 30% | 36% | 30% | |
| Neither god nor bad idea | 14% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% | |
| Bad idea | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | |
| Very bad idea | 3% | <1% | 5% | – | 6% | |
| Don’t know | 8% | 8% | 7% | 3% | 6% |
73% agree that the construction of the battery in South Australia is a good idea and 5% think it is a bad idea. Those most likely to think it is a good idea were Greens voters (82%), Labor voters (79%) and university educated (79%).
65% of South Australian respondents think it is a good idea, 8% think it is a bad idea and 22% think it is neither. (note – small sample)
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