Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

In the context of this legislation, clearly the JobKeeper payment does not extend to temporary visa holders. I went through that in some detail during my second reading debate summing-up speech. But in terms of Australian businesses we have announced a whole series of measures to support, in particular, small- and medium-sized businesses with a turnover of less than $50 million—including the cash flow boost, the measure where Australian taxpaying businesses who are employing Australians, who are withholding tax for their employees, are able to get payments of up to $100,000, depending on what their payroll and withholding tax liabilities are.