Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is always somebody else's fault. Retail expert Queensland University of Technology Professor Gary Mortimer has warned that many retailers may not reopen once support is removed. He said: 'Retailers will see this as a chance to cut off the dead wood in their networks.' How can the more than 7,000 sales assistants and hospitality and retail managers in towns like Queanbeyan, Jindabyne, Cooma or Eden tell if they have one of the old jobs that Mr Morrison has turned his back on?