‘Lopsided perspective of news': The Project leaves Melbourne among 130,000 other businesses
'It's a lopsided, not balanced perspective of the day's news,' Ms Harkin told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'The IPA research will tell you that there's 130,000 businesses have left Victoria in the last year.
'There's an undercurrent of businesses leaving Melbourne regardless of The Project.'
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