Peta Murphy (Dunkley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In just a matter of days almost 10,000 workers in my electorate of Dunkley are going to have JobKeeper ripped away from them. These people are plumbers, cleaners, waitresses, chefs, electricians, writers, counsellors and physios. They're men and women; they're young and old. They are not just numbers; they are real people. They also are workers at some 3,184 businesses in my electorate. My electorate, the people I represent, deserve a comprehensive jobs plan to get them through the recovery from the recession, and they don't have one from this government.

Half-price tickets to everywhere except Melbourne isn't going to help the people in Frankston. There is no mention of Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula and no mention of my travel agents, who call me day after day in despair at a lack of support from this government. Yet we hear about businesses who have taken millions and millions of dollars in JobKeeper for bonuses for CEOs and for profits for the business. And this government says it can't find the money to help the businesses and the workers in my electorate who, within days, are facing having their unemployment benefits slashed to below the poverty line. It is not good enough. (Time expired)