Most Australians happy with how the country has handled the COVID-19 but more divided on the question of border closures

More than a year after the nation’s borders were closed, preventing Australians from travelling overseas without an exemption, a Lowy Institute poll has shown only two in 10, or 18 per cent of people, feel all Australians should be free to leave the country.

Travellers adhere to social distancing rules as they check in for their flights at Sydney International Airport in March 2020. Source: AAP