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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended cutting the JobKeeper subsidy for more than a million workers – and axing it entirely in March – saying the economy needs to be weaned off government support to ensure a business-led recovery.
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A Marshall Government proposal to COVID-test Australian citizens returning from overseas before they board their flights has been shot down by national cabinet at a meeting in Canberra today.
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UPDATED: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says South Australia will resume accepting international flights on Monday – despite Premier Steven Marshall saying he wants to suspend overseas arrivals until the state overhauls its quarantine system.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison – who was social services minister when the robo-debt scheme was conceived and as treasurer touted the billions of dollars it was supposed to rake in – has denied responsibility for the welfare debacle which has resulted in a $1.2 billion class action settlement.
The social and political divide in the United States has provided ample contrast to reinforce that Australia is a more cohesive nation. But we must be vigilant that it remains so, writes Michelle Grattan.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to be one of the first Sydneysiders to take advantage of the Marshall Government’s move to relax border restrictions with New South Wales.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the prime minister and the state opposition are using people’s personal tragedies involving border restrictions to subject her to the worst bullying she’s seen in her lifetime.
