National
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has confirmed Australia is now in a recession as the economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic.
Opinion
Online shopping has exploded under COVID-19 restrictions. Adrian R. Camilleri and Eugene Y. Chan explain why.
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South Australia’s unemployment rate has surged to a national high 7.2 per cent after coronavirus restrictions crippled or shut down businesses across Australia and officially threw nearly 600,000 people out of work, including more than 40,000 in SA.
Some 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, representing nearly half of the global labour force, are in immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says.
The health crisis engulfing the world has presented challenges and opportunity alike for business. Some have responded well, others not so, as Kelly Choong argues.
Now treated as pariahs due to Covid-19 infections, cruise ships might find their time in the sun is over without serious reform, argues Freya Higgins-Desbiolles.
The Government has the legal power to track mobile phones and users as part of limiting coronavirus spread. Other countries are doing it and Australia should consider it, says Patrick Fair.
