Anger over horrific Bushfire triggers remarkable poll slump for Australia's PM Morrison

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval ratings have sedived as he faces widespre anger over his handling of dely bushfire crisis, according to a poll released Monday.  Newspoll survey showed 59 percent of Australian voters are dissatisfied with conservative leer's performance overall, and only 37 percent were satisfied, an abrupt reversal since his shock election win last May.

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Morrison has been criticized heavily for his response to months-long crisis -- which included going on holiday to Hawaii, making a series of gaffes and misleing statements about his government's actions, and forcing angry victims to shake his hand. " dam on Morrison's personal ratings amounts to an eight-point drop on approval to 37 percent and an eleven point rise on disapproval to 59 percent," wrote poll commentator William Bowe.

Morrison began crisis insisting local authorities h eugh resources to handle fires and exhausted volunteers firefighters "want to be re". He also repeatedly stated that Australia was doing more than eugh to meet its emission reduction targets, prompting a series of large-scale street protests.

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Seeing a backlash, Morrison has since deployed military, launched largest peacetime call up of reserves, pledged billions of dollars in aid, increased payments to firefighters, and suggested more work may need to be done on emissions. fires have killed at least 27 people, burned an area size of South Korea, and shrouded Sydney in toxic smoke for weeks on end.

Morrison on Sunday ackwledged a groundswell of anger about climate-fueled fires. prime minister -- a staunch supporter of fossil fuel industries -- said emissions targets would "evolve" but ruled out curbing Australia's vast exports of coal 

"In years ahe, we are going to continue to evolve our policy in this area to reduce emissions even furr and we are going to do it without a carbon tax, without putting up electricity prices and without shutting down tritional industries," he told public brocaster ABC. polls also showed Morrison's conservative coalition h lost le over opposition Labor party, which w les preferred vote 51-49.

next general election is expected in or before 2022.

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