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Views towards level of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions
Q. Thinking about the latest Covid-19 lockdown in your area, do you think the restrictions are…?
[Asked only to respondents with lockdown restrictions in their area]
Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
Too strong | 27% | 30% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 30% | 21% | 32% | 26% | 43% |
About right | 61% | 58% | 65% | 63% | 60% | 61% | 67% | 60% | 66% | 43% |
Too weak | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 14% |
Base (n) | 925 | 465 | 460 | 308 | 324 | 293 | 324 | 344 | 80 | 97 |
State | |||||
NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | |
Too strong | 28% | 35% | 20% | 12% | 30% |
About right | 56% | 57% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
Too weak | 16% | 8% | 11% | 18% | 0% |
Base (n) | 345 | 275 | 156 | 58 | 51 |
- 61% of people under lockdown restrictions think the lockdown restrictions in their area are about right. 27% think they’re too strong and 11% too weak.
- Victorians are most likely to think their restrictions are too strong (35%). In comparison, 28% of NSW residents think their restrictions are too strong. Those in NSW are more likely than Victorians to think the restrictions there are too weak (16% to 8% respectively).

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