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

The government will be opposing these amendments. Two tiers of payment under JobKeeper enable employers to more closely align the JobKeeper payment made to eligible employees with the payment they received prior to the public health restrictions being imposed to address coronavirus. This is one of the outcomes and recommendations out of the review conducted by Treasury after the initial three months of operation of the JobKeeper program, and that is the basis on which we oppose these amendments.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: The question is that Australian Greens amendments (1) and (2) on Sheet 1011 be agreed to.