Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, we need to be very clear around the fact that any fraudulent activity in relation to any payments that are received, no matter who they are received by—whether it be businesses or individuals—is always pursued by government. Where people have received something they are not entitled to, it is our obligation, as the custodians of taxpayers' funds, to pursue that. When we put these things in place we were very clear to make sure people understood that, if they were receiving JobKeeper, they were required to declare it as income. If you go onto our website it is very clear that that is earnings and you have to declare those earnings. We will pursue anybody who has received taxpayer funding when they have not been entitled to it.