Dandrewstan: the lead in the saddlebags as states shed jobs

There’s more bad economic news out today from the Australia Bureau of Statistics; more bad economic news that not only again shows how Victoria has become the lead in the nation’s saddlebags, but the depth of the disaster facing the state.

Payroll jobs fell 0.9 per cent across the fortnight to 3 October, with all states and territories reporting a decline. Nationally, the Bureau reports, payroll jobs remain 4.1 per cent lower than mid-March; 7.7 per cent lower in Victoria and 2.8 per cent lower in the rest of Australia.

Just to make it crystal clear, the release comes complete with a graph that starkly illustrates the impact of the Andrews Government’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic.