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

The government doesn't want any Australian to be left behind, but it is also true that we will not be able to provide crisis-level temporary support through a program like JobKeeper forever and ever. The commitment for the country surely must be for us to get back as soon as possible into a situation where businesses around Australia are able to pay the wages of their employees out of their income rather than on the basis of crisis-level temporary fiscal support.

Clearly, we've been hit with a one-in-100-year global pandemic that has had a devastating impact on our economy and on jobs. We provided crisis-level support. The next important decision is how we most appropriately transition into the strongest possible recovery on the other side. The government will continue to make responsible decisions in that context.