26 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Government must take responsibility for Auckland outbreak economic fallout - Goldsmith

From Morning Report, 6:42 am on 26 August 2020

The National Party says the Government needs to take responsibility for the economic fallout of the latest Covid-19 outbreak on businesses and families.

Yesterday Finance Minister Grant Robertson revealed Treasury estimates the Auckland outbreak is costing the country about $500 million a week in lost economic activity.

National's Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says this doesn't take into account the impact on jobs, and the toll it's taking on families.

He told political reporter Yvette McCullough this all comes back to the Government's failures at the border.