Job losses from Australia's coronavirus shutdown will be 'devastating'

Employers in the hospitality sector were scrambling to develop plans to either stand down hundreds of thousands of workers or lay them off, as restaurants, bars and clubs shut their doors at noon on Monday.

One of the largest employers, Crown Resorts, which employs an estimated 18,500 workers and contractors, made a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday afternoon.

The hotels attached to Crown’s casinos in Melbourne and Perth will remain open, but all gaming and restaurants will shut under the government’s orders to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/23/job-losses-from-australias-coronavirus-shutdown-will-be-devastating

People queue outside the Centrelink office in Southport on the Gold Coast

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