Q. From what you have seen and heard lately, how would you rate the treatment of public sector services under the following current and possible future governments?
|
Total Good |
Total Bad |
Very Good |
Good |
Bad |
Very Bad |
Don’t know |
|
| Current NSW state government |
23% |
34% |
3% |
20% |
21% |
13% |
43% |
| Current Queensland state government |
23% |
38% |
4% |
19% |
17% |
21% |
39% |
| Current Victorian state government |
26% |
25% |
3% |
23% |
16% |
9% |
48% |
| A future federal Abbott Government |
30% |
39% |
6% |
24% |
15% |
24% |
31% |
| Current federal Gillard Government |
37% |
37% |
6% |
31% |
22% |
15% |
26% |
For the component of the question regarding the treatment of public sector services under the NSW, QLD and VIC state governments there were a large portion of don’t knows (39% or more).
However, amongst those respondents that rated the various state governments, the QLD state government received the worst rating: with 38% of respondents believing the treatment of public sector services under the QLD state government to be either bad or very bad. Thirty four percent (34%) believe the treatment of public sector services under the NSW state government to be bad or very bad.
At a federal level, 37% of respondents rate the treatment of public sector services under the Gillard government as either very good or good and an equal portion (37%) regard the treatment as either bad or very bad. Thirty nine percent (39%) of respondents believe that treatment of public sector services under a future federal Abbott Government would be bad or very bad.