With the sheer enormity of the COVID19 pandemic’s economic impact only starting to dawn, David Llewellyn Smith and Leith Van Onselen spoke with Gunnamatta on the major forms the shock has taken through the Australian economy. Over the course of about 75 minutes (3 parts) they cover the ugly numbers and the dynamics across employment, households, spending and debt serviceability, with implications for wages, real estate, government outlays and the strategic policy implications these encompass. It isn’t pretty