SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIA’S PM MORRISON DROPPED TO 18-MONTH LOW

Mon 09 August 2021:

According to the latest Newspoll released on Sunday night, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity rating has dropped to its lowest level since March 2020.

Morrison’s personal approval rating has fallen into negative territory for the first time since the coronavirus hit Australia.

According to the poll, voter satisfaction with Morrison’s handling of the epidemic has plummeted from 52 percent in mid-July to 48 percent, down from a record-high of 85 percent in April 2020.

For the first time since April 2020, after restrictions were first introduced across Australia to prevent the spread of COVID-19, more voters were dissatisfied with The poll was conducted amid growing frustration over Australia’s troubled vaccine rollout.

About half of Australia’s population in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland has experienced a lockdown so far in August to prevent the spread of the Delta variant.

Death toll increased from 923 at the end of last month to 936 on Sunday.

Amid the country’s biggest wave of infections in 12 months, Newspoll found that support for Morrison’s management of the vaccine rollout fell a further two points from mid-July to 38 percent.

Rising dissatisfaction with Morrison has left the Coalition party facing an uphill battle to win a fourth consecutive term in the government at the general election, which is due to be held before May 2021.

On a two-party preferred basis, Newspoll found that the Opposition Labor Party led the Coalition 53-47, its equal-largest lead since the 2019 election.

(Input with agencies)

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