Australians are pessimistic about the future of the country as ongoing cost of living pressures continue to bite.
SEC Newgate, the country’s largest strategic communications firm, released the findings of a survey of 2,207 Australians from Jun 23-28, which also found issues like climate change and The Voice lose public interest.
The company found that 61 percent of the respondents believed Australia was going in the wrong direction, up ten percent from the previous survey in April.
Among the jurisdictions, Queensland had the largest percentage of respondents (63 percent) who had a negative attitude toward the state government’s direction, followed by New South Wales and Victoria at 58 percent….