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Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)

  • Written by Linda Botterill, Professor in Australian Politics, University of Canberra
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The novel coronavirus sees Australia facing major unprecedented health and economic crises. The key to preventing a downward spiral of the economy is to avoid a collapse in incomes of newly laid-off workers who won’t be able to afford what they normally purchase, and temporarily closed businesses which won’t be able to pay...

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