Victoria is likely to be the worst-performing state economy during the COVID-19 crisis, suffering "prolonged misery" even as the national economy could recover more quickly than previously forecast.
Written just as the outbreak in Victoria intensified, Deloitte Access Economics' latest quarter business outlook warns "if you can't beat back the virus, then you can't open up''.
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