CORONAVIRUS IMPACT
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* $4 billion a week wiped from economy under current restrictions
* $50 billion total hit May-June, or 10-12 per cent of GDP
* 1 million JobSeeker claims processed
* 5 million people getting JobKeeper
* 1 million people accessing early super
* 384,000 businesses getting $7 billion in cashflow assistance
* $30 billion more cash support to prop up economy over next month
MARCH 14 - APRIL 18
* 7.5 per cent of Australian workers lost their jobs (roughly one million people)
* Wages dropped 8.2 per cent
* One in three accommodation and food sector jobs gone
* 27 per cent of arts and recreation jobs lost
* Electricity, gas, water and waste workers escaped relatively unscathed
* Victoria lost the most jobs and the Northern Territory the fewest
* Tasmania saw biggest wages drop and South Australia the smallest
* 18.5 per cent of Australians aged under 20 lost their jobs
* Australians aged over 70 had their wages cut by 10.7 per cent
BULLETS DODGED
* Eight-week European-style full lockdown would have wiped $120 billion or 24 per cent from GDP
* Full closure of schools and child care for three months would have removed a million adults from the workforce and cost GDP $34 billion
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Treasury, Prime Minister Scott Morrison)
Australian Associated Press