The cost of Australia’s shadow lockdown
January 24, 2022
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The cost of Australia’s shadow lockdown
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<p>Right now most of Australia is living without restrictions, lockdowns or border closures.</p><p><br /></p><p>But with tens of thousands of people, including essential workers, being forced into isolation everyday our economy is still under intense pressure from the pandemic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, national correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em> Mike Seccombe on how the rampant spread of Omicron has led to a shadow lockdown, and why for many businesses and families, it’s the worst lockdown yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> National correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Mike Seccombe.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Background reading: </strong><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/01/22/tracing-the-nightmare-reality-the-shadow-lockdown/164277000013180">Tracing the 'nightmare' reality of the shadow lockdown</a> in <em>The Saturday Paper</em>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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