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As Australians struggle to cope with the ongoing Omicron wave – and with infection numbers likely to increase as schools reopen again – many are increasingly angry about the federal government’s handling of the current crisis.
This was reflected in the Resolve poll in the Nine newspapers this week, which showed respondents losing trust in the government’s ability to handle the pandemic and Labor pushing ahead of the Coalition in the all-important primary vote.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried to defend his government’s response this week and urge people not to “fear” the virus.
However, as Michelle Grattan writes today, for all the political pleas, there’s a lot of fear out there. Empty streets in many cities attest to this.
The PM’s future will be a gamble on voter volatility, she writes. And voters are in a very bad mood now. But where will they be in May?
We’ll get a sense of this on February 12 with byelections in NSW, which Grattan says could be a good temperature check of the mood federally.
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Justin Bergman
Senior Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The PM’s future will be a gamble on voter volatility. They’re in a very grumpy mood now. But where will they be in May?
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Ben Wellings, Monash University
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Stephen Leeder, University of Sydney
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Richard Holden, UNSW
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