A high-stakes deal on workplace law has cleared a key obstacle to the Morrison government passing its $130 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy | CroweDM nickbonyhady
But the tactics will not go so far as blocking the bill, ensuring it goes through a cut-down Parliament on Wednesday, subject to wrangling over amendments.
The ATO will also be able to set alternative tests when an employer has drastically different revenue from year to year as a result of an acquisition or because the business is in a variable industry. Asked if this had to be for the one employer, Mr Porter said: "That's correct. That's the standard definition that exists in the Fair Work Act. Now, exactly the wording of that definition [and] how it's refined is something we're working through at the moment."
Tasmanian independent Jacqui Lambie said there were "all sorts of holes" in the government plan but she would not stand in the way of passing it on Wednesday. Labor industrial relations spokesman Tony Burke said there was "absolutely nothing that I can imagine" that would stop Labor voting for the JobKeeper package given the party had called for a wage subsidy for weeks.One Nation leader Pauline Hanson praised Mr Morrison on Monday for his response to the crisis and did not nominate any change she would seek in the Senate.
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