Monday 1 February 2021

 The government says the era of big spending to combat COVID-19 is over, as a new case of the virus in Western Australia sparks a lockdown.

Also today:

• Wall Street has its worst week in three months.
• Australian politicians chat to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg but won’t change plans to regulate the social media giants 
• And the disappointment of neobanks

Plus an interview with Dr Brendan Rynne, chief economist at KPMG, about the outlook for the Australian economy.