Australians are experiencing new levels of trepidation about what comes next in the Covid-19 pandemic
Our national “staycation” is coming to an end and people are slowly, many reluctantly, emerging to a world that may appear the same on the surface but has fundamentally got harder.
We have watched with something approaching national pride as our public institutions have held up, our governments having worked together with the public and averted even our best-case fatality scenarios for the first wave of the pandemic.
Those still in work have mastered the new juggle, re-evaluating their priorities and moving their focus closer to home; those whose careers have been disrupted have had a short-term buffer of government support. But while there has been a unity of purpose around the response to the health crisis, the reality of the costs we will pay for our collective response are beginning to hit home.
Read morE: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/may/19/australias-job-market-is-ground-zero-for-new-levels-of-trepidation-over-what-comes-next
We have watched with something approaching national pride as our public institutions have held up, our governments having worked together with the public and averted even our best-case fatality scenarios for the first wave of the pandemic.
Those still in work have mastered the new juggle, re-evaluating their priorities and moving their focus closer to home; those whose careers have been disrupted have had a short-term buffer of government support. But while there has been a unity of purpose around the response to the health crisis, the reality of the costs we will pay for our collective response are beginning to hit home.
Read morE: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/may/19/australias-job-market-is-ground-zero-for-new-levels-of-trepidation-over-what-comes-next
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