WA Premier loves a snap lockdown – and so does the public, poll reveals
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West Australians overwhelmingly support Premier Mark McGowan’s tendency to call snap lockdowns, with nearly half of respondents to a recent poll believing Perth should lock down over a single community case.
WAtoday on Monday revealed Mr McGowan was the most likely of Australia’s leaders to issue stay-at-home orders in response to local COVID-19 cases, with an outbreak-to-lockdown rate of 75 per cent.
Premier Mark McGowan’s tendency to lockdown immediately over one or two cases is overwhelmingly supported by the public.
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Research finds increased trust in government and science amid pandemic
New Curtin University research has found a dramatic increase in people’s trust in government in Australia and New Zealand as a result of the COVID pandemic.
Published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration, the team surveyed people in Australia and New Zealand in July 2020 and found confidence in public health scientists to also be high and for this trust to be manifested in higher usage of government COVID phone apps.
Lead researcher Professor Shaun Goldfinch, ANZSOG WA Government Chair in Public Administration and Policy based at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin said the management of the pandemic by authorities led to a dramatic increase in trust in government.