Economy losing billions each week as a result of COVID

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Current COVID-19 restrictions are costing the economy $4 billion a week, says Scott Morrison. 9News

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There has also been an 11 per cent fall in GDP while unemployment is also forecast to hit 10 per cent. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show 94 per cent of the arts and recreation sector has been affected by shutdown measures."The National Cabinet are not in any way unaware of the serious implications of the decisions we have had to take now over many months," Mr Morrison said.

 

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Cheers to the media for beating all of this up to the point where we all cannot go to the pub

'The conclusions are clear. I can't stress it enough. And my CMO will back me up on this. It's cheaper for you to die, and to maintain our health first shut down policies.. Get used to it! And lets open the pub'

But at least we don't all have coronavirus

Big figure - is it a shock value figure or properly calculated?

User pays. So what's the problem? auspol ausFRAUD

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