Number of Australians on JobKeeper falling ahead of the scheme’s end, new figures show

The number of Australian workers that receive JobKeeper has continued to drop, ahead of the scheme coming to an end next month.

New figures from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) show that 1.54 million employees collected the wage subsidy between October and December last year, compared to 3.6 million between April and September.

Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia reported the largest percentage of workers coming off the payment.