House debates Statements by Members

JobKeeper Payment

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 House of Representatives

Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh Fenner, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury

1:49 pm

JobKeeper was the biggest one-off program in Australian history, costing the average Australian household $9,000. It wasn't Liberal Party money; it was taxpayer money, and taxpayers have a right to know how it was spent. In Britain taxpayers know every firm that got their job retention scheme. In New Zealand taxpayers know every firm that got the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy—

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