The Commonwealth's wage subsidy scheme JobKeeper enters a new phase tomorrow, which Territory MP Luke Gosling warns will cost Territory workers $8.5 million a fortnight.
However, Mr Hossain said the JobKeeper shift would test this, particularly as the NT heads into its annual wet season lull.
Territory MP Luke Gosling, wrote online last week that the changes to JobKeeper would see NT workers lose a combined $8.5 million per fortnight. "The Territory Government has some responsibility to talk to the Federal Government to demand they keep this JobKeeper rolling at least until January," he said."It’s been a job saver for the Territory, and the longer it stays, the more jobs it will save," Mr Gunner said.
Natalie Bell runs a small Darwin communications agency for the business events sector, and said for her to survive through the pandemic "JobKeeper was an absolute lifeline".
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