A recent pledge by the Western Australia (WA) Government to provide lockdown assistance payouts to small businesses has left industry stunned after those signing up to the scheme discovered it would not, in fact, be granted to low-earning small businesses.
The state’s snap 4-day lockdown following the discovery of three cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus last month drained $245 million out of the state, with almost one in ten small businesses in the region forced to close their doors for good.
