Observation
Aligning with the confidence they express in the crisis response of the government, a majority of Australians (59%) say the prime minister and government officials are a preferred source of information. The ABC and government websites are preferred sources of information for half the country (50%) during the Covid-19 outbreak. Less than a third of Australians regard newspapers and news websites (31%) and commercial and pay TV (28%) as a preferred source. Only one in five Australians (20%) prefer social media for information about Covid-19, and 5% prefer information by word of mouth.