The Morrison government is considering ways to free businesses of overheads such as rents, mortgage repayments and some employment obligations while shut down, as some of Australia's richest landlords and retailers face off over a shopping centre rent strike.
Amid plans for a third tranche of economic support, policies are being devised to effectively put businesses into hibernation so that they accrue no overheads while in shut down.
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