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

What we have done over the last few months is provide historic crisis-level fiscal support to the economy, to business, to working Australians and indeed to those Australians who, sadly, lost their job. It's a program that's been put in place for six months. It was always very clear that this was a temporary program. But of course we are considering very carefully how we most appropriately transition back into a situation more akin to normal.

The objective is to maximise the strength of the economic recovery on the other side. That is what we're focused on, to get as many Australians back into work as possible, to get as many jobs back as possible, to get as many Australians as possible back into a genuine job and able to earn a living and ensure that they have the best possible opportunity to get ahead. Australians can be absolutely confident that we'll make sensible decisions, responsible decisions, as we have done throughout this crisis so far. Of course, when the relevant decisions are made about next steps and the next phase, we'll make the relevant announcements.