One-third unlikely to vote for Aus govt in upcoming polls

One-third of Australians are less likely to vote for the incumbent Australian government over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and health funding, a poll revealed on Tuesday.

According to the new Essential poll, which was commissioned by peak health body the Australian Medical Association (AMA), 34 per cent of voters said they were less likely to vote for the governing Coalition at the upcoming general election because of its record on health issues, reports Xinhua news agency.

Omar Khorshid, the president of the AMA, said the poll put the political parties on notice that public hospital funding is resonating as a vote-changer with the Australian electorate.

The distressing picture we are getting of our hospital funding crisis should be a warning shot to all politicians that they need to pledge they’ll fix public hospital funding if elected, he told the Guardian Australia.

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