
Our digital decade: PM says COVID a springboard to high-tech future
Scott Morrison wants Australia to become one of the world’s leading digital economies within the next 10 years.
Scott Morrison wants Australia to become one of the world’s leading digital economies within the next 10 years.
In its 100 years, Qantas has never experienced a crisis like this — and it’s familiar with crises.
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Bleak new figures have underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: the number of people filing for US unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million while Europe’s economies have gone into an epic slide.
Australia’s unemployment rate rose by 0.1 of a percentage point in March, with the data collected before widespread coronavirus restrictions that left thousands unemployed.
Never in our national history have we seen a social and economic response such as that rolled out by the Prime Minister this week. It’s a bold and decisive move for extraordinary times, writes Dennis Atkins