Australians feel more financially secure despite the pandemic
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Australians are feeling more satisfied about their financial situation a year into the coronavirus pandemic than they were before it started, despite the first recession in 30 years creating a less secure jobs market.
However, the impact of the pandemic means it has displaced the economy as the most important problem facing Australia today, according to the Scanlon Foundation’s annual Mapping Social Cohesion survey.
People have applauded the government’s handling of the pandemic.
Alex Ellinghausen
The survey, of about 3000 people, showed Australian society had not frayed like other countries under the stress of the virus, report author Andrew Markus said.