Australia is at the precipice of an economic calamity: The NDIS is the solution

Published 22nd April 2020

As the impact of COVID-19 spreads around the world, our society is increasingly coming to understand the potential scale of the calamity that may befall us.

At the time of writing there have been more than 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, with experts projecting this number will almost certainly rise in coming weeks. Meanwhile, the uncertainty and fear caused by the virus, as well as the drop in economic activity globally, is wreaking havoc on the Australian economy, with reports of over half a million jobs at risk, predominantly in the tourism, hospitality, airline and retail sectors.

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Source:
Laura O'Reilly, 2020, Probono Australia (https://probonoaustralia.com.au)