Coronavirus pandemic highlights 'stark' inequalities between Australian workers, think tank says

The Australian Institute think tank said its modelling shows the supplement instantly lifted 425,000 people out of poverty.

The Australia Institute think tank said its modelling shows the supplement instantly lifted 425,000 people out of poverty. Source: AAP

Employment and income impacts of the pandemic were "starkly unequal", according to The Australia Institute.


The coronavirus pandemic highlighted "stark fissures" in Australia's labour market, a domestic think tank says.

Employment declined faster and more deeply than in any previous economic downturn, Dan Nahum and Dr Jim Stanford said in a paper for The Australia Institute, released on Wednesday.

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