Majority of Aussies disapprove of ScoMo’s handling of COVID

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s bungling of COVID-19 vaccination and continued abrogation of responsibility to the states has seen a slim majority of Australians (51%) disapprove of his handling of the pandemic, according to new polling by Roy Morgan:

Scott Morrison approval rating

Just over half of Australians disapprove of Scott Morrison’s handling of COVID.

The 51% of Australians that disapprove of Morrison’s handling of COVID-19 and related issues have consistently brought up the ‘bungled’ vaccine rollout and also the perception Morrison is always ‘passing the blame’ to the states and others for anything that goes wrong and taking credit when it is the states that have done the greater part of the job dealing with COVID.

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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.