Sky News contributor peterswitzer says if borders aren’t open pretty soon Australia won’t get the economic growth to justify that kind of strategy.
Sky News contributor Peter Switzer says if borders aren’t open pretty soon Australia won’t get the economic growth to justify that kind of strategy. He said the recovery shouldn’t be a “slow grind” as states and territories begin to open borders. “We should be rapidly growing but the Victorian problem has taken away all the momentum of 22 per cent of the Australian economy.
” Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell revealed on Tuesday the government will cease the JobKeeper wage subsidy program in March, which will be announced in the government’s October 6 budget. “For Josh Frydenberg to be thinking about taking away JobKeeper in March, he has to be believing this pickup in the recovery will go from grinding to a lot faster,” Mr Switzer told Sky News. “And opening of borders is a really important part of that strategy.
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