Australians dissatisfied and fearful of job losses

Australians dissatisfied and fearful of job losses

More Australians are dissatisfied with the direction of the country than satisfied and worker job loss concern is akin to pandemic lockdown levels.

The government is looking for cuts and thinks it has found its target

For the first time in this survey, more Australians are dissatisfied with the direction of the country than satisfied. The conflict between the US/Israel and Iran has delivered more than geopolitical uncertainty.

ANU survey shows Australians dissatisfied and fearful of job losses

Australians are reporting record-low life satisfaction as war in the Middle East sends fuel prices surging and workers fear AI job losses. The population is now less satisfied than during the COVID-19 lockdowns, the latest survey from an Australian National University series finds. The fall between December 2025 and March 2026 was not as dramatic as the dive in average life satisfaction when pandemic stay-at-home orders were issued, however, and…