Who’s better off and who’s worse off four years on from the outbreak of COVID? The financial picture might surprise you
- Written by Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Anton Balazh/ShutterstockA lot has happened to the economy since COVID struck, and reading the economic tea leaves has become more difficult.
Many of the gains for many Australians in 2020 and 2021 were artificial and didn’t last. The COVID Supplement temporarily doubled JobSeeker, for example. JobKeeper paid workers what their employers...
