Casual workers bear brunt of lockdowns

Leith van Onselen

Thursday 23 September 2021

The ABS has released fortnightly data on payroll jobs, which reveals that jobs have fallen:

1.3% in the fortnight up to 28 August 2021; and
0.4% in the previous fortnight (to 14 August 2021).

As expected, falls have been driven by the lockdown jurisdictions of Victoria, NSW and the ACT:

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About the author

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.