Small businesses relying on federal budget for recovery

Small Australian businesses have been struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic and snap lockdowns. They are looking forward to some relief in the 11 May federal budget.

A vendor arranges fresh fruit at his roadside stall in the central business district of Sydney Source: SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images

McKell Institute projects snap lockdowns to cost the economy more than 1.4 billion dollars, while ongoing international border closures will deliver a 16.4 billion dollar hit. 

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