Minister for Finance MathiasCormann has told Sky News Australia “we don’t accept that people are falling through the cracks” of the government’s JobKeeper and JobSeeker programs.
Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann says “we don’t accept that people are falling through the cracks” of the government’s JobKeeper and JobSeeker programs. Parliament passed the government’s $130 billion JobKeeper program on Wednesday – a program it said would keep six million Australians in work.
“Between the JobKeeper program and JobSeeker program, more than half of the Australian workforce, as it was, will be receiving payments from the government,” he said. “In terms of temporary visa holders, these are temporary visitors to Australia, the expectation always is that they would be able to look after themselves while in Australia – either through work, savings or access to their superannuation.
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