The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Australian economy hard in 2020, ending nearly three decades of growth and causing serious disruption to the Australian labour market. The recession also occurred on the back of a decade of high unemployment and stagnant earnings for young workers that followed the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

Vulnerable Youth
Vulnerable Youth The Australian labour market is very strong. The unemployment rate has declined to the lowest level in half a century and is expected to remain low for some