Frydenberg pushes for schools to open: 'We must get people back at work'

Kirsten Lawson
Updated May 5 2020 - 7:38pm, first published 2:00pm
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Closing schools and child care centres for three months would have cost the economy $34 billion, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.

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Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Political reporter

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