Two-thirds of Aussies approve of ScoMo’s virus response

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Despite being shockingly slow to close Australia’s borders, the Job Keeper wage subsidy is a winner in the eyes of voters, with two-thirds of Aussies approving of the Morrison Government’s coronavirus response, up 22% in only a week, according to Roy Morgan Research:

Nearly two-thirds of Australians (65%) now say the Australian Government is handling COVID-19 well, up a large 22% in a week. In addition, now 59% of Australians say the ‘worst is yet to come’ over the next month in regards to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic – down a significant 26% in a week according to a special Roy Morgan web survey of an Australia-wide cross-section of 987 Australians aged 18+ conducted over the weekend of April 4-5, 2020…

Australians are now much happier with the Government’s handling of the crisis

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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