Border closures have big impact on hiring

The economy could have been more than $100b better off without COVID.
Research has quantified the COVID hit to the Australian economy and workforce. -AAP Image

Closed international borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a sharp drop in skilled migration has meant 380,000 fewer people have entered the workforce at a cost of $32 billion to the Australian economy.

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