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A new pragmatism, not old dogma, is needed to tackle economic corona catastrophe

13 August 2020

1:52 PM

13 August 2020

1:52 PM

Startling figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics give us a taste of the poison that is COVID-19 on our economy, or more accurately the taste of the poison of the Andrews Labor Government’s handling of coronavirus.

From the week ending on the March 14, when Australia confirmed its one hundredth case of the virus to the week ending on July 25, a devastating effect on the economy can be seen with payroll jobs decreasing by 4.5

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