The cost of living is swamping every other issue of voter concern, including climate change, COVID-19 and the creaking health system, the latest True Issues survey shows.
The cost of living is swamping every other issue as the key concern for voters, including climate change, COVID-19 and the state of the creaking health system, a new survey shows.
“The time now is for the Prime Minister to stop this witch hunt and get on with helping the Australian public, who are very worried about what they’re seeing internationally.”The True Issues survey is a quarterly exercise conducted by JWS Research to gauge the issues which most concern or interest voters, and asks them to rate the government’s handling of the issues.
The election of a Labor government and its early pursuit of emissions reduction policy has coincided with a reduction in concern over climate change from 42 per cent in March to 36 per cent now, making it the fifth top issue of concern.
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