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Frydenberg knocks back JobKeeper plea from NSW

Frydenberg knocks back JobKeeper plea from NSW

As New South Wales faces a third week of lockdown restrictions, a plea for the reintroduction of JobKeeper has been swatted away by the Treasurer, who says the state’s workers will receive the same support Victoria did just weeks ago.

by Shared by Accountants Daily | 8 Jul, 2021

Treasurer defends temporary IR changes in COVID response

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday announced the extension of the state’s lockdown restrictions, which won’t be lifted until at least 16 July. To ease the burden on the state’s businesses and staff, the Premier said her government had asked the federal government to reintroduce the JobKeeper wage subsidy, which expired on 28 March.