Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Questions without Notice

JobKeeper Payment

2:27 pm

Photo of Kristina KeneallyKristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Can the minister confirm that approximately one million casual workers, such as the single mother who has worked as a casual teacher for five years, are missing out because they haven't been with a single employer and remain excluded by the government's design of the JobKeeper program? Why won't the Treasurer fix the government's design flaws and use his extraordinary powers to include hard-hit Australian casual workers in the program?

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