Locked-Up And Fed-Up: Australian Voters Put PM Scott Morrison On Notice
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Australia's exposure to the coronavirus pandemic remains small compared to many other developed nations, with a total of just over 41,400 cases and 971 deaths, and for several months it appeared to be emerging from the crisis.
Kathy Chalker, a Sydney art studio owner, is just the sort of voter Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison needs to win the country's next election - a long-time conservative party supporter with a small business in a swing seat. But Chalker has already decided to vote Morrison out. With her business closed indefinitely under a COVID-19 lockdown in Australia's biggest city, Chalker blames Morrison's government for what she sees as the blundering management of a vaccine rollout that is behind almost every other developed nation. "Why weren't they prepared? We were all watching this happening around the world - it's pure incompetence," Chalker told Reuters from her home in Sydney's western suburbs, the epicentre of a COVID-19 outbreak that is the country's worst since the pandemic began.More Related News