16 Mar 2020

Covid-19 govt package should focus on jobs & business losses

From First Up, 5:33 am on 16 March 2020

The Government is finalising a multi-billion dollar package to tackle to economic fall out of the coronavirus. The tougher travel restrictions, which came into force at 1 oclock this morning, are expected to ramp up even more the pressure on businesses. Economist Shamubeel Eaqub told politcal reporter Charlie Dreaver the package needs to focus on preventing job losses and business failures.