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Business and workers express concern at looming end of JobKeeper and coronavirus supplement – ABC News
Businesses and workers are bracing for the looming end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy program and coronavirus supplements, with one economist estimating the financial…
Supplements given to welfare recipients through the coronavirus pandemic are ending at the end of this month, and it is not just the people receiving the payments that are worried.
Key points:
- Both JobKeeper and the coronavirus supplement will finish at the end of March
- Business groups warn removing the payments will take a severe toll on the economy
- Welfare groups similarly predict a human cost and forecast services may be overwhelmed with requests for help
“The businesses that would receive the…
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