CANBERRA, Jul 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Support for the Australian government falls to its lowest level in two years, amid lockdowns in the country’s two biggest cities.
According to the latest Newspoll, which was published last night, the governing Coalition trails the Opposition Labour Party 47-53, on a two-party preferred basis.
It represents the Coalition’s worst position in the current term of government.
The poll found voter satisfaction with Prime Minister, Scott Morrison’s handling of the pandemic fell nine points to 52 percent, down from a high of 85 percent in Apr, 2020.
It was conducted as millions of Australians in the Greater Sydney area and the state of Victoria, were in lockdown, in response to outbreaks of the Delta strain of COVID-19.
Confidence in the government’s management of vaccine rollout fell below 50 percent, for the first time, with just 40 percent of respondents saying they were satisfied.
As of this morning, 35.4 percent of Australian adults had received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose, and 13.6 percent were fully vaccinated.
Newspoll revealed that, overall satisfaction with Morrison fell from 55 to 51 percent, while the portion of respondents dissatisfied rose to 45 percent.
However, Labour leader, Anthony Albanese, failed to capitalise on the dip in Morrison’s popularity, with his own satisfaction rating among 1,506 participants in the poll, falling two percent.– NNN-AGENCIES
