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Lodge sleepover buddies, Josh Frydenberg and Scott Morrison (Frydenberg has been staying at the Lodge while he is in Canberra for this sitting) have been very keen to talk about the economy ‘bouncing back’ (no longer a snap back) once lockdowns end, pointing out that it has done it before.
But ‘before’ there was A LOT more government financial support. For individuals, it was about double. The last time the nation’s biggest state was in lockdown, jobkeeper was at its highest levels, and there was more support in general (free childcare, boosted jobseeker payments etc)
I’m confident that once restrictions are eased that the economy will bounce back. That being said, we saw in the March quarter a resilient economy with growth above expectations.
What the experts have said is that yesterday was a solid result. For 29 days out of the June quarter we saw lockdowns in one part of the country or another. Treasury are expecting the economy to contract by 2% and that’s a function of New South Wales and Victoria being in lockdown. But once we hit those 70 to 80% targets, we’ll see an easing of restrictions. And that will be very important to boost household consumption, to give businesses certainty to invest and obviously to support the creation of more jobs. The economy’s recovery very much depends on sticking to this plan.
It took quite a while for the federal government to include them in the rollout, but pharmacies have given a boost to the vaccination program – the Pharmacies Guild of Australia has reported in Queensland, pharmacies have administered 52,000 vaccines.
You can find a list of participating pharmacies here
source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/sep/02/australia-covid-live-news-australian-medical-association-says-hospitals-are-not-ready-for-reopening
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