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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has called for further stimulus for small businesses in the wake of the Omicron outbreak, according to The AFR:
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday said businesses in areas heavily affected by omicron were effectively experiencing lockdowns as people decided to stay home or were forced to self-isolate.
In a sign of what a future Labor government would do, Mr Albanese questioned why the same level of business support that was available in past lockdowns was not being made available during the omicron wave.
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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.
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