Better than JobKeeper? Why the new support package for Sydney is the best one yet
The economic support package announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is exactly what is needed, and just in the nick of time.
Beaufort Butchery gets a boost from the Jobs Victoria Fund
Beaufort Butchery owners Rohan and Barbara Quinton finally have some breathing room thanks to their new hire, brought on with the help of the Jobs Victoria fund.
Coffee shop hires three employees with wage subsidy
Chris Choong describes his business as a community, where “we know all our customers, we just call them by name”. And that community is growing bigger and better thanks to the Jobs Victoria Fund wage subsidy.
Unemployment could soon be higher than 7%. Here’s why
It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment in April. Here are the other changes causing the rise.
Australia’s leading economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100 per week and tied to wages
Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker payment has fallen to 40% of the full-time minimum wage and halfway below the poverty line.
Should the corporate tax rate be cut? What about income tax? How should the government spend taxpayer dollars? We asked our Brains Trust
In this budget-themed Brains Trust, we asked 'do you think bringing forward income tax cuts would give the economy a much-needed boost?'
Budget 2020: Top economists say boosting JobSeeker and investing in social housing will offer best bang-for-buck
Overwhelmingly, Australia’s leading economists want the budget to boost social housing and the JobSeeker unemployment benefit.
Unemployment support will this week be slashed by $300: Why this won’t help people find work
This week, the JobSeeker 'Coronavirus Supplement' will drop from $550 to $250 a fortnight, before it is dropped entirely at the end of 2020.
Most of the 111,000 net new jobs created in August were in the gig economy: Is this a sign of what’s to come?
Nationally, the jobs market is proving resilient, largely thanks to JobKeeper and JobSeeker, and the gig economy.
‘We have bills too’: Melbourne sole traders livid as many ruled ineligible for $10,000 grants
Sole traders in Melbourne are livid after the Andrews state government stipulated those without employees would not be eligible for $10,000 COVID-19 grants.
JobSeeker changes for sole traders: COVID-19 supplement extended but amounts reduced
The JobSeeker COVID-19 supplement has been extended for sole traders, but the government has reduced the total amount available under the program.
Cormann: JobKeeper will end in September after all, with further support based on “assessed need”
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says the "unbelievably generous" JobKeeper program will end, but struggling businesses will still be able to seek support.
