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The green smoothie index: nowhere hit harder than JobKeeper capital Byron Bay – Sydney Morning Herald

More than 60 per cent of businesses in Byron are now relying on JobKeeper to stay afloat – more than any other local government area.

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Ninety per cent of shops, hotels and restaurants in the town closed. When they reopened before school holidays, the streets were empty and Sweet Byron was lucky if it sold two Gforce Smoothies.
Those students and backpackers who had remained headed north when the Queensland border re-opened earlier this month.
More than 60 per cent of businesses in Byron are now relying on JobKeeper to stay afloat, according to a map by data analytics company Taylor Fry released last week. This is the most in …

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