'Team Australia' needs to work together to save travel agencies
Small Business Australia Executive Director Bill Lang says “team Australia” needs to get together to save small businesses such as independent travel agencies which are suffering due to the pandemic. This comes amid calls from Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for JobKeeper payments to be extended for struggling businesses. “I think there’s no question we need to have some ongoing, very direct and very tailored and sensible support for particular industries of a particular size and in particular locations,” Mr Lang said. “But rather than calling it JobKeeper this is about small business saving … particularly in an area like the travel industry and travel agents. “It’s just one small sector but there are 3,000 of them that are independent small businesses employing more than 40,000 people”. Mr Lang said a Small Business Australia survey responded to by 750 independent travel agencies suggested potentially 2,600 of them could close on April 1, putting 30,000 people out of work. “It’s not necessarily just the federal government, the state governments have got a big role to play here,” he told Sky News. “We need team Australia getting together and having them both understand what’s needed. “And then together ensuring the small businesses in those particular sectors get the support from a combination of both the state and the federal government so we get as many of them through to 2022”.
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Small Business Australia Executive Director Bill Lang says “team Australia” needs to get together to save small businesses such as independent travel agencies which are suffering due to the pandemic. This comes amid calls from Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for JobKeeper payments to be extended for struggling businesses. “I think there’s no question we need to have some ongoing, very direct and very tailored and sensible support for particular industries of a particular size and in particular locations,” Mr Lang said. “But rather than calling it JobKeeper this is about small business saving … particularly in an area like the travel industry and travel agents. “It’s just one small sector but there are 3,000 of them that are independent small businesses employing more than 40,000 people”. Mr Lang said a Small Business Australia survey responded to by 750 independent travel agencies suggested potentially 2,600 of them could close on April 1, putting 30,000 people out of work. “It’s not necessarily just the federal government, the state governments have got a big role to play here,” he told Sky News. “We need team Australia getting together and having them both understand what’s needed. “And then together ensuring the small businesses in those particular sectors get the support from a combination of both the state and the federal government so we get as many of them through to 2022”.
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