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COVID-19 inquiry makes six recommendations including a permanent rise in JobSeeker
A Senate inquiry on COVID-19 has recommended permanently raising the rate of JobSeeker, independently reviewing the COVIDSafe app, and establishing a national centre for disease control.
Key points:
- Senator Katy Gallagher told Parliament it was the work of states and not the Federal Government which guided Australia through the pandemic
- The Federal Government has rejected many of the committee’s findings
- The final report is not due until June 30, 2022.
Since April, the Labor-controlled committee has held 37 hearings with hundreds of hours of evidence that have produced six recommendations.
Committee chair Senator Katy Gallagher has tabled the report in Parliament, arguing it was the leadership of the states and territories, not the Federal…
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