Here's how JobKeeper and JobSeeker could change for you within the coming months. 9News
So, what is up for debate?
One of Labor's proposed amendments seeks to introduce a "safety net" where workers who were on JobKeeper but are not eligible for the extended version cannot earn less than $1200 per fortnight. "Ultimately, Labor's proposal could cost jobs. If you were to force an employer to pay someone, even if there was not the work for them, ultimately that could lead to more sackings."Currently, JobKeeper recipients are being paid the same amount regardless of how much they worked.How the JobKeeper payments will work following September.
Mr Frydenberg noted that the reduced payment of $1200 a fortnight is "80 percent of the minimum wage".The Treasurer said extending JobKeeper alone comes at a $30 billion cost to the budget.At the moment, 60 percent of the JobKeeper payment's recipients are Victorian residents.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Live: More Victorians expected on JobKeeper than rest of Australia combinedThe Federal Government is anticipating Victoria's strict lockdowns will mean the state will have more people on JobKeeper over the next seven months than the rest of the country combined. Follow live.
Read more »
Victorians to make up 60 per cent of JobKeeper by end of 2020 | Sky News AustraliaNew Treasury analysis has revealed more Victorians will soon be beneficiaries of the JobKeeper scheme than the rest of Australia combined. \n\nThe figures indicated Victorians receiving unemployment payments had risen by eight per cent, nearly 28,000 people, since the new lockdowns were rolled out, while JobKeeper was expected to be made up of 60 per cent Victorians by the end of the year. \n\nHousehold spending was also down by about 30 per cent in Victoria, while only down by about three per cent around the rest of the nation.\n\nTreasurer Josh Frydenberg ramped up his attacks against the Andrews government, calling out continual failures, including the botched hotel quarantine system and poor contact tracing capabilities. \n\nMeanwhile, a parliamentary Intel and Security Committee was tasked with investigating suspected foreign interference in Australia’s university sector following claims of China targeting and recruiting Australian academics and influencing research. \n\nThe move comes just days after the Prime Minister’s push for the federal government to have powers to cancel agreements between states and universities with foreign powers. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »
'JobKeeper about preserving jobs not wages': Treasurer | Sky News AustraliaTreasurer Josh Frydenberg says Labor’s proposed amendment to the JobKeeper scheme, which would see a minimum payment of $600 doled out to all participants, would “cost jobs”.\n\n“If you were to force an employer to pay someone even though there was not the work for them, then ultimately that could lead to more sackings,” Mr Frydenberg told Sky News.\n\nThe Morrison government’s reforms to JobKeeper will extend the program beyond it’s original finish date in September and will maintain Industrial Relations flexible arrangements regarding duties, hours worked and location for workers.\n\n“If you’re coming off JobKeeper but your turnover is down between 10 and 30 per cent you’ll be able to maintain those flexible arrangements but you won’t be able to reduce the hours worked below 60 per cent as they were on the first of March,” he said.\n\n“It’s critical to understand that these are still distressed businesses, so they can’t keep all their employees fully employed because their doors are not necessarily fully open.'\n\nMr Frydenberg also told Sky News the significant issue for the government was preserving jobs not a certain wage.\n\n“It’s not about ensuring that the worker is getting exactly the same pay they were receiving previously it’s about ensuring that they can maintain their job,' he said.\n\nWhile Treasury forecasts indicate another 400,000 workers will lose their jobs by Christmas, the Treasurer said tapering the JobKeeper scheme was an “appropriate response” given businesses were already beginning to recover from lockdown measures. \n\nHe pointed out the JobKeeper subsidy was “the single largest program that Australia has ever undertaken” and would cost the taxpayer $101 billion dollars.\n\nImage: Getty
Read more »
Copyright stops Wallabies' use of Aboriginal flagThe Wallabies' most popular jersey has dumped the Aboriginal flag after copyright fees demanded a whopping amount from Rugby Australia. Rugby freetheflag 9WWOS
Read more »
Kylie tried for years to have a baby. She never imagined that her love of running was a problemIf you're a young, healthy woman, keeping your body in peak physical shape, why would you struggle to conceive? Well, it's complicated.
Read more »
Daniel Andrews’ 12 month emergency extension plan 'a very bad call' | Sky News AustraliaTreasurer Josh Frydenberg says Daniel Andrews’ plan to extend the state of emergency for 12 months was “a very bad call which ignored the pleas of Victorians”.\n\nThe Victorian Premier's announcement that the government would ask for an 12-month extension sparked confusion and fear that stage four lockdown restrictions would continue for a year.\n\nThe current state of emergency expires on September 13 which is when the six-month legal limit comes to an end and, with it, the legal mechanism allowing the enforcement of stage four restrictions in Victoria.\n\nMr Frydenberg told Sky News he wants to hear a message of 'hope' for the Victorian people.\n\n“Daniel Andrews and the Victorian government need to be talking more about the road out than about a longer road in,' he said.\n\n“It was real overreach when it came to the 12-month extension of emergency powers that he was seeking.\n\n“It is devastating what has happened in Victoria and we are only two weeks away from the end of the so-called stage four restrictions.\n\n“And businesses are in the dark as to how they will get their workers back and their doors open.”\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »