Treasury defends JobKeeper as $13 billion went to companies that were not eligible Coronavirus Matthew Elmas 12 October 2021 Treasury says clawing back billions worth of JobKeeper payments would have “muted the recovery” from COVID-19.
Don’t ‘set and forget’: How the JobKeeper scheme should be extended Coronavirus The Conversation 1 May 2020 JobKeeper payments are expected to go to 6.6 million Australians, in order to save the jobs of around one million. This gap creates an opportunity to extend the scheme.