Tourism and aviation industries demand government support

Wednesday 8 July 2020

Business leaders and unions are demanding urgent support for the tourism and aviation sectors after government data revealed the industry lost almost $6 billion in three months during the pandemic.

International tourism spending was down almost $4 billion or more than 27% for the March quarter compared with the same time last year.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.