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The government has announced revisions to the JobKeeper, JobSeeker, and Coronavirus Supplement
Treasurer Josh Frydneberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing the next steps on Tuesday.
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The new slimmed-down and tapered JobKeeper is an improvement, but it’ll interact with JobSeeker in odd ways.
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The government on Tuesday will unveil a scaled-down, two-tiered JobKeeper program that will commence after September and run until the end of March.
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Thursday’s economic statement is expected to contain a revamped working of JobKeeper
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The Australian government’s JobTrainer programs provides A$1.5 billion in wage support for apprentices and trainees.
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two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy
Michelle Grattan discusses the economic future of Australia post-COVID with economists Richard Holden and Warwick McKibbin
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Without spending the money Australia will have a much higher rate of unemployment than it needs for a very long time, new Grattan Institute calculations find.
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The Morrison government has announced a $250 million program for the entertainment, arts and screen sectors.
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It’d be a matter of switching 20-25,000 jobs. During coronavirus, we shut down three million, and dealt with the consequences impressively.
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This week marked the fiftieth anniversary of the senate vote to set up a system of committees to scrutinise government. In a time where question time is frequently farcical, such a system is essential.
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Working at home has been far from costless, but many of the costs aren’t counted in the GDP.
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We’ve an opportunity to get JobKeeper right. A start would be to pay on time, to include more workers, and to pay part-timers less.
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The government has announced childcare will return to the mean-tested system that was in place before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
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Concert halls may slowly be able to reopen – but difficulties will remain.
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The best case scenario sees a short-term recovery to the depths of the 1980s and 1990s recessions.
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Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Australia’s tourism and construction industries
Michelle Grattan discusses the economy post-coronavirus with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg
Many workers in the film industry are excluded from JobKeeper.
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JobKeeper is designed for people with steady jobs. The arts don’t work that way.
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In an address to the National Press Club, Scott Morrison will outline the government’s plan to reset economic growth over the next three to five year.
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Sole traders helped by UNSW Tax Clinic who were behind on their quarterly Business Activity Statements were on average seven years behind.