Australia’s regions hit hardest by COVID-19 job losses

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The Grattan Institute has analysed job losses at the electorate level, which reveals that regional areas have been much harder hit than inner-city areas:

Unsurprisingly, electorates with large tourism industries and a high share of hospitality workers have been hit especially hard…

Workers living in rural and regional electorates have been hit much harder than workers in the major cities.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.