The National Cabinet has started considering how life can return to normal when the coronavirus crisis eases. If restrictions ease too quickly, infections could explode, but moving too slowly could lead to economic disaster. John Rolfe discusses the options.
Some bank customers have been withdrawing millions of dollars in cash over the counter in single transactions, the RBA says. It’s also revealed chilling statistics about negative equity.
Mass closure of council childcare centres has been avoided and preschool will be free for six months under a $133 million state government rescue package.
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Council-run childcare centres — who do not qualify for JobKeeper wage subsidy because they are not a business — are set to get extra help from the federal government to ensure they don’t shut down.
The cost of public transport projects, a loss in stamp duty revenue and fall in mining revenue forecast for NSW have helped deliver a billion dollar GST boost for the state.
Scott Morrison has said the World Health Organisation and the United Nations must do something about China’s wet markets as he revealed more about the national war cabinet’s fight against coronavirus.
An alleged drug dealer is among 13 fined under the NSW coronavirus restrictions which keep people confined to their homes without a good excuse. The latest fines also include a man who was nabbed twice, and fined $1,500.
Working parents’ fears they may not be able to cover the cost of childcare during the coronavirus crisis have been allayed by the Federal Government.
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