A Canberra Times-Datacol opinion poll showed that voters were highly dissatisfied with the Labor government's track record on health and land use.

The poll found voters thought that the Liberal Party would handle health policy better than the Labor government, even with Labor's track record at the time of being the party more likely to deal better with health.

When voters were asked what they saw as the major issues for the next election, 60 per cent mentioned health in the poll.

Planning issues, especially dual occupancy, also stuck out as an area of dissatisfaction. Education, which had long been a major issue in Canberra politics, was a less pressing issue for voters.

The health rating came after reports from patients and medical staff of stretched emergency facilities at Woden Valley Hospital and long wait times.

The ACT opposition had also made claims that the ACT spent more than the national average per person on health, yet delivered a poorer service.

Voter dissatisfaction about land use had followed a long campaign from community groups and two inquiries being announced by the government.

The government's performance had dropped in the eyes of the voters since the 1992 election, dissatisfaction levels across five major issues showed.

See trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118138874/13361375