A nationwide lockdown has not been declared in Australia as we had expected, largely because daily new cases have declined. However, a number of the biggest states have taken it upon them selves to lockdown anyway. Those lockdowns will severely restrict discretionary spending in those states. And given that the affected states account for nearly 80% of overall consumption, we have penciled in a dramatic 35% plunge in consumption in Q2.
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