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Many workers will lose JobSeeker payments or their jobs under tighter rules to take effect from September, but Treasury estimates 245,000 will be eligible to claim both JobKeeper and some JobSeeker income. Brendan Coates and Jonathan Nolan explain.
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JobKeeper wage subsidies will be reduced to $1200 a fortnight for full-time workers after September, as part of the federal government’s overhaul of pandemic income support.
Wage subsidies will shift from flat fortnightly payments to a tiered system under an overhaul of the JobKeeper scheme.
Businesses might have to requalify for JobKeeper as the Morrison Government puts the final touches on extended pandemic income support plans, with almost one million Australians out of work and the government believing the real jobless rate to be significantly higher than official figures.
South Australia risks losing $370 million from its economy each fortnight if the Federal Government axes JobKeeper and reduces JobSeeker payments in September, with Labor saying official figures show the state has one job vacancy for every 18 people unemployed.
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