.AlboMP says his party will continue to fight for casuals who were left off the government’s $130 billion JobKeeper program. “There are provisions in the legislation that allow JoshFrydenberg to pick up categories that aren’t currently eligible.'
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has told Sky News his party will continue to fight for casuals and other groups of workers who were not included in the government’s $130 billion JobKeeper program. Parliament passed the government’s JobKeeper program on Wednesday – a scheme it said would keep six million Australians in work.
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