On every issue raised in a series of taxpayer-funded surveys over the past nine months,most Queenslanders were unsatisfied with the government’s performance.
Results range from a high-point of just over half being satisfied with natural disaster and emergency preparedness,down to fewer than 10 per cent satisfied with the government’s response to cost of living and housing affordability issues.
The results around living costs and crime tie in with Premier Steven Miles’ stated focus since taking the top job,as does support for the 2032 Games falling to 38 per cent.Matt Dennien
“After a peak last wave,satisfaction with Queensland government performance is back to August levels,” the headline from one slide of the fifth wave of Ipsos survey results in November read.
“There are several metrics significantly lower than last wave and trending lower than previous waves as well,including being a trustworthy government,managing population and economic growth,and performance around housing.”
The following month,Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
How we got here
Previously secret surveys dating back to were released by Premier Steven Miles on Thursday as part of a transparency push and efforts to salvage perception of the nine-year-old Labor government he inherited from Palaszczuk,who commissioned the work.
Why it matters
Details of – which came at a reported cost of at least $393,000 for the most recent series of six-weekly updates between May and November 2023 – had been withheld under Palaszczuk despite calls for its release.
The last round was handed to the government just days before Palaszczuk’s resignation,as media polling in community sentiment and the LNP raised questions about the advantage Labor could gain using taxpayer money to track this into the looming October election.
What they said
“I don’t think it’s unusual for government,indeed any business or organisation using audience research to inform their work,” Miles told parliament as he announced its publication. “But I do think government can be more transparent.”
Miles said any future research would also be released publicly. The announcement came alongside of other announcements including that new would see the nation-leading proactive release of some documents in near-real time would begin from April.
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