"It's time for others to try it"? Australian media poll: Morrison's support rate hits the lowest level in 18 months
[Global Times Special Correspondent in Australia Da Qiao] The results of a poll released by The Australian on the 15th showed that Prime Minister Morrison’s approval rate fell to the lowest level in 18 months.
According to reports, Morrison's approval rating dropped to 44%, the lowest level since his government was approved in March last year for its ineffective response to forest fires.
The survey shows that if the general election is held in the near future, the Liberal Party-National Party ruling coalition led by Morrison will lose to the Labour Party, which has a support rate of 53%, with a support rate of 47%.
The poll results also showed that 46% of respondents prefer Morrison as prime minister, a drop of two percentage points, while the approval rating of Labour Party leader Albanis rose by 4 percentage points to 38%.
The gap between the leaders of the two parties has narrowed to its smallest value since March last year.
Reuters said Morrison hopes to help him get re-elected in next year's general election through the recent relaxation of restrictions on the new crown pneumonia epidemic and signs of possible economic strength.
However, the result of this poll is nothing less than a denial of Morrison.
The poll data released by the British "Guardian" last week is also not optimistic for Morrison.
Affected by the leak of French President Macron’s text messages and widespread criticism of his policy on climate change, Morrison’s approval rating dropped from 65% in February this year to 48%.
At the same time, 45% of the respondents said that “it’s time for others to give it a try”, which is higher than the 41% in August.
"The Australian Prime Minister can only swallow the bitter fruit of worsening relations with China." Russian Satellite News Agency quoted Russian political scientist Belyaev on the 15th as saying that in the context of the sharp deterioration of relations between Australia and China, Morrison's approval rating The reasons for the decline also include Australia's participation in the US-Japan-India-Australia "Quadruple Security Dialogue" mechanism and the Australia-US-UK "Okus" trilateral security partnership.
Belyaev stated that Australia has strengthened its military and political relations with the United States and harmed its relations with China, but it has not received economic or financial compensation from Washington.