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COVID-19 Restrictions Cost Economy $4 Billion per Week

Head of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission Nev Power speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Head of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission Nev Power during a press conference in Canberra, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Source: AAP

Australia's national cabinet has met, with the focus of today's meeting getting Australians back to work. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says while thousands of Australian lives have been saved, the next curve that needs to be addressed is the unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.


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