JobKeeper plans must reflect Australia is still ‘in the midst of pandemic’: Labor MP by Sky News Australia on YouTube
JobKeeper plans must reflect Australia is still ‘in the midst of pandemic’: Labor MP
The JobKeeper subsidy did “what it was intended to do” saving 700,000 jobs, but as the program comes to a close, it does not signal an “end of government support,” according to Liberal MP Julian Simmonds. The Morrison government’s landmark JobKeeper subsidy drew to a close on Sunday, turning the tap off for nearly one million workers. Mr Simmonds told Sky News while the government has ended the JobKeeper program nearly a year after it was introduced, it doesn’t mean the Commonwealth will stop all forms of support. “There is plenty of support out there for businesses still like the instant asset write-off and like the wage subsidy,” he said. Labor MP Amanda Rishworth said the subsidy certainly “can’t go on forever” as it was aimed to help get businesses out of the pandemic. Ms Rishworth said the lockdown announced by the Queensland government today along with the state of the vaccine rollout shows Australia is “still in the midst of a pandemic”. “The government needs to calibrate their policy settings to recognise that, and I just don’t think they have,” she said.
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The JobKeeper subsidy did “what it was intended to do” saving 700,000 jobs, but as the program comes to a close, it does not signal an “end of government support,” according to Liberal MP Julian Simmonds. The Morrison government’s landmark JobKeeper subsidy drew to a close on Sunday, turning the tap off for nearly one million workers. Mr Simmonds told Sky News while the government has ended the JobKeeper program nearly a year after it was introduced, it doesn’t mean the Commonwealth will stop all forms of support. “There is plenty of support out there for businesses still like the instant asset write-off and like the wage subsidy,” he said. Labor MP Amanda Rishworth said the subsidy certainly “can’t go on forever” as it was aimed to help get businesses out of the pandemic. Ms Rishworth said the lockdown announced by the Queensland government today along with the state of the vaccine rollout shows Australia is “still in the midst of a pandemic”. “The government needs to calibrate their policy settings to recognise that, and I just don’t think they have,” she said.
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