The impacts of coronavirus on Australian workers

A man places a closed sign out the NGV on March 16, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victorian cultural spaces will close temporarily to the public from today.

A man places a closed sign out the NGV on March 16, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victorian cultural spaces will close temporarily to the public from today. Source: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

The emergency under way in Australia has already impacted workers: some are now working from home, others cannot avoid going to their workplace, some are afraid they may lose their jobs and others have already lost it.


Today we asked our audience to tell us about their current experiences. We heard about miners, librarians, restaurateurs, dancers, all of them affected in different ways and to various degrees.

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