‘No excuse’ not to extend JobKeeper to temporary migrants, casuals after $60 billion bungle: advocacy groups

The government's "significant error" in calculating the cost of the JobKeeper scheme should be seen as an opportunity to extend financial support to vulnerable workers, advocates argue.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese addresses media in Sydney, Friday, May 22, 2020. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Labor leader Anthony Albanese is calling for the federal government to expand JobKeeper. Source: AAP

$60 billion underspend in the government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy

is an opportunity to extend the scheme to vulnerable workers who are currently ineligible for the support, unions and advocacy groups say.

Temporary visa holders, including international students, and casual workers who haven’t been employed for 12 months were notably excluded from the JobKeeper program, which was previously touted as the largest economic package in Australia’s history.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott

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Published 23 May 2020 10:01pm

Updated 12 August 2022 3:20pm

By Maani Truu, Bethan Smoleniec

Presented by Yang J. Joo

Source: SBS

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