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Prime minister Scott Morrison and treasurer Josh Frydenberg will today announce changes to the jobseeker and jobkeeper programs, reducing the coronavirus supplement on the former by an unspecified amount and cutting the latter to $1,000 a fortnight. The changes will be effective from 28 September, and jobkeeper will continue until March 2021.
It may … be appropriate at this juncture to consider reducing payments to wean off businesses from ongoing support.
Related: Coalition to overhaul jobkeeper and jobseeker Covid-19 subsidies by cutting support rates
Continue reading…The Covid-19 welfare payment are set to be extended but at lower rates. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Follow the global live blogWhat you need to know about Melbourne’s stage three lockdown rulesMelbourne map: where Covid-19 cases are rising or fallingSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 10.26pm BSTGood morning,Prime minister Scott Morrison and treasurer Josh Frydenberg will today announce changes to the jobseeker and jobkeeper programs, reducing the coronavirus supplement on the former by an unspecified amount and cutting the latter to $1,000 a fortnight. The changes will be effective from 28 September, and jobkeeper will continue until March 2021. It may … be appropriate at this juncture to consider reducing payments to wean off businesses from ongoing support. Related: Coalition to overhaul jobkeeper and jobseeker Covid-19 subsidies by cutting support rates Continue reading…