Views towards federal vs state government responsibility to manage Covid-19 hotel quarantine system

Q. Which of the following statements about Australia’s international borders and the Covid-19 hotel quarantine system for returning travellers is closest to your view?

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
		Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
It should be the federal government’s responsibility to protect Australia’s international borders and manage the hotel quarantine system	62%	63%	59%	57%	67%
It should be each state governments’ responsibility to quarantine travellers returning within their borders and the federal government should be left out of this	38%	37%	41%	43%	33%
Base (n)	1,109	359	428	101	131

• More people think it should be the federal government’s responsibility to protect Australia’s international borders and manage the hotel quarantine system, than those who think it should be each state governments’ responsibility to quarantine travellers returning within their borders (62% to 38%).
• The view that this should be a federal rather than state government responsibility is consistent across all voting intentions.