Australian Recovery Will Be Impacted by Victoria’s Extreme Lock Down

Australian Recovery Will Be Impacted by Victoria’s Extreme Lock Down
A container ship is pushed to its berth by a tug at the Port of Melbourne, Australia, on June 6, 2018. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia’s federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has admitted that the “devastating” stage four lockdowns in Victoria will “severely” impact the movement and trajectory of Australia’s economic recovery.

Speaking to ABC Radio in Melbourne on August 3, Frydenberg stopped short of saying that the lockdowns would send the country deeper into a recession but he did note that Victoria’s latest round of restrictions would be “very tough.”
Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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