A survey has revealed that despite declining support for lockdowns and restrictions, Australians still favour tougher enforcement of public health orders and higher fines. A poll commissioned by the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) found that 39 percent of Australians believed penalties for breaching public health orders was too low. Another 47 percent thought the fines were set at the right level, and only 14 percent believed they were too high. New South Wales (NSW) police recently amped up fines for breaching health restrictions, including $500 for not wearing a mask, $1,000 for breaching a public health order, and $5,000 for not providing details to a contact tracer, or following directions to self-isolate. CIS commissioned YouGov to conduct the poll of 1,029 Australians between Aug. 2 to 5, producing the report, Attitudes to a Post-COVID Australia (pdf). The survey found that 46 percent of Australians believed enforcement was too …