COVID-19: JOB RECOVERY WILL NEED NEW RULE BOOK
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on job losses and the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for all governments to rewrite the rule book for economic recovery, according to the state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW. “The data, along with in depth Business NSW analysis, indicates that around a quarter of a million jobs have been lost across NSW since the start of the pandemic,” said Business NSW Regional Manager, Kellon Beard. “These figures suggest that governments will need to change the rulebook when we move into recovery mode to turbo charge the economy and get people back into work,” Mr Beard said. “The best way to jump-start our economy is to take a chainsaw to regulation, red tape and taxes that hamper…