Huge job losses expected from Vic lockdown

By Paul Osborne
Updated August 6 2020 - 12:36pm, first published 12:31pm
The prime minister says the national jobless rate will hit a 10 per cent by year's end.
The prime minister says the national jobless rate will hit a 10 per cent by year's end.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says tighter coronavirus restrictions in Victoria will lead to as many as 400,000 people losing their job or seeing their hours reduced to zero and a 10 per cent national jobless rate by year's end.

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