The Results: State of the States
Performance tables
The State of the States 2004 report (96 pages) is available from the Evatt Foundation for $24.95. As well as the League Table and the accompanying analysis, this new style paperback issue also contains substantive assessments of corrective services, health, education and child protection policies.
Note that these are summary tables only. While the League Table is published on the Evatt Website, you can only get the detailed descriptions, analysis and commentary on the results, as well as the specialist policy chapters, by purchasing the full report. Limited back issues of The State of the States are also available.
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Table 1: The 2004 State Government League Table
| State/Policy Area | Social | Environmental | Economic | Result | |
| Western Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Victoria | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| New South Wales | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| South Australia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Queensland | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tasmania | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
Table 2: The 2004 Social, Environmental & Economic League Tables
| Policy Area/State | WA | Vic | NSW | SA | Qld | Tas |
| Social Policy | ||||||
| Health | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Education | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Welfare | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Transport | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Safety | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Results | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Environmental Policy | ||||||
| Parklands | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Culture | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Sanitation | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Trans availability | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Petrol subs | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Results | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Economic Policy | ||||||
| Industry | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
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| Full-time jobs | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | bgcolor="#99CCFF">6 |
| Total Jobs | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Production | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Results | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Overall Result | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |