The other coronavirus toll | The Spectator Australia

We know all too well about the coronavirus death toll, but what about its household and financial impact?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is releasing the mid-year budget update today and we’ve had the monthly unemployment figures out this morning, but they both offered typically dry data.

For an on the ground look, turn to the Roy Morgan Market Research Update, released on Tuesday. It tells a very different story to government triumphalism — a story of two nations:

Almost 6 million Australians (28%) have had their employment negatively impacted by COVID-19 and 51% of them made resulting changes to their personal finances, as did many whose employment was not impacted directly. Throughout September and October, more than…