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11.18pm BST
Heroes aren’t born.
They’re made.
Don’t want to get too political here … but he has a point. #SaucyNugs #KeepLNKWeird pic.twitter.com/uFgpyTRAAV
11.17pm BST
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers was asked about the government’s ‘well, Labor/Anthony Albanese said to do it’ defence of tapering Jobkeeper while on ABC News Breakfast this morning:
That’s a thoroughly uncontroversial position to take that the JobKeeper payment won’t be in the economy forever.
That’s, I think, universally accepted. The point that we have been making for some months is that JobKeeper needs to be tailored to the conditions in the economy. The economy, and particularly the labour market, has deteriorated since they announced those changes.
Continue reading…Security firms involved in guarding Melbourne quarantine hotels continue giving evidence at the state’s inquiry into the program. Follow liveAustralian stats interactiveNSW cases map; NSW hotspots list; Qld hotspots listVictoria and Melbourne trend mapSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 11.18pm BSTHeroes aren’t born.They’re made.Don’t want to get too political here … but he has a point. #SaucyNugs #KeepLNKWeird pic.twitter.com/uFgpyTRAAV 11.17pm BSTShadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers was asked about the government’s ‘well, Labor/Anthony Albanese said to do it’ defence of tapering Jobkeeper while on ABC News Breakfast this morning:That’s a thoroughly uncontroversial position to take that the JobKeeper payment won’t be in the economy forever. That’s, I think, universally accepted. The point that we have been making for some months is that JobKeeper needs to be tailored to the conditions in the economy. The economy, and particularly the labour market, has deteriorated since they announced those changes. Continue reading…