House debates

Monday, 15 June 2020

Questions without Notice

Jobseeker Payment

2:38 pm

Photo of Scott MorrisonScott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

As time goes on, the challenge of JobKeeper is that businesses will form views about those employees who they will be able to keep on longer term and those who they will not. And, where there are not jobs for people, it is important that they become engaged with employment service programs and other forms of income support. The purpose of that is to get them back into new jobs—to have them trained for new jobs. That is the challenge going forward. Now, the Leader of the Opposition makes the point about the financial support provided to those on JobKeeper compared to those on jobseeker. Well, the actual level of benefits, when you take into account many others—

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