CANBERRA – A new poll released on Monday found that voter confidence in the Australian government has plummeted to its lowest level in two years.

According to sources, researchers from the Australian National University's Centre for Social Research and Methods published their poll tracking residents' opinions and experiences throughout the Covid-19 outbreak on Monday. More than 3,400 people, or 34.5 percent, said they have "a great deal or quite a lot" of faith in the federal government's performance, according to the survey.

In a statement, Nicholas Biddle, co-author of the report, said, "This is down from a peak of 60.6 percent in May 2020 and lower than in October of last year (41.4%)." "In fact, confidence in the federal government is only slightly higher than it was prior to the epidemic and during the Black Summer bushfires, when only 27.3 percent of Australians had faith in the government." The study also found a "significant drop in trust in hospitals and the health system, the largest we've observed during the pandemic," according to Biddle.

On a two-party preferred basis, it found that the opposition Labor Party leads the ruling Coalition 55-45. Prime Minister Scott Morrison had a worse net satisfaction rating than Labor leader Anthony Albanese. However, the current Morrison was named as the preferred Prime Minister by 43% of respondents, compared to 38% for Albanese.

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