Views towards progress of Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Q. As you may be aware, distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines is primarily the responsibility of the federal government.

Scott Morrison promised in January this year that 4 million Australians would be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of March. This target was shifted out in March to 4 million Australians by April 26th. As of April 2nd, 750,000 Australians have been vaccinated. 

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	TOTAL: Agree	TOTAL: Disagree	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree
I’m confident that 4 million Australians will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by April 26th	19%	55%	6%	13%	26%	24%	31%
The federal government needs to step up and take more responsibility for ensuring Australians are vaccinated against Covid-19 as quickly as possible	56%	17%	28%	29%	27%	10%	7%
Delays in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines are due to circumstances outside the federal government’s control, and there’s nothing more they could have done about it	47%	26%	15%	32%	27%	17%	10%
The slower than expected rollout indicates that the federal government is not doing as good a job as they claimed	48%	25%	21%	27%	27%	16%	9%

 

TOTAL: Agree	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
I’m confident that 4 million Australians will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by April 26th	19%	25%	13%	22%		28%	7%	14%		27%	21%	13%
The federal government needs to step up and take more responsibility for ensuring Australians are vaccinated against Covid-19 as quickly as possible	56%	58%	55%	51%		56%	61%	65%		53%	62%	54%
Delays in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines are due to circumstances outside the federal government’s control, and there’s nothing more they could have done about it	47%	51%	43%	41%		50%	48%	37%		66%	36%	39%
The slower than expected rollout indicates that the federal government is not doing as good a job as they claimed	48%	50%	46%	45%		51%	47%	59%		37%	61%	49%
Base (n)	1,368	669	699	426		460	482	483		471	123	165

• Well over half (56%) of Australians agree the federal government needs to step up and take more responsibility for ensuring Australians are vaccinated against Covid-19 as quickly as possible. Labor voters and those over 55 are the most likely to agree with this (65% and 61% respectively).
• Just under half (48%) agree the slower than expected rollout indicates that the federal government is not doing as good a job as they claimed. Labor voters and Greens voters are most likely to follow this view (59% and 61%).
• However, just under half as well (47%) agree the delays in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines are due to circumstances outside the federal government’s control, and there’s nothing more they could have done about it. The majority of Coalition voters align with this view (66%).
• Only 19% are confident that 4 million Australians will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the month.