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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.

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