CANBERRA, 7 June, 2021 (TON): Amid disputes with states over the vaccine rollout and quarantine, the popular support for Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has fallen.

On Sunday night, the latest Newspoll published stating that Morrison's approval rating has fallen from 58 percent in mid-May to 54 percent.

It coincides with a rise in the proportion of voters dissatisfied with his performance from 38 percent to 43 percent, reducing Morrison's net approval rating from plus 20 in May to plus 11, the lowest it has been since April 2020 after COVID-19 restrictions were first introduced.

The net approval rating for opposition Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese also fell but the proportion of voters who chose him as their preferred prime minister rose two points to 32 percent.

The poll was taken after Victoria's fourth corona-virus lockdown triggered a political brawl, with Albanese joining state and territory leaders in criticizing the federal government over the slow vaccine rollout and failure to build dedicated quarantine facilities.

Nevertheless, Morrison last week announced 200 million Australian dollars (about 154.7 million U.S. dollars) in funding for a quarantine facility in Victoria but Albanese said it was too late, telling Sky News on Sunday that Australians "can't afford to keep having these lockdowns."