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Flat White

The JobKeeper tap can’t keep flowing

17 June 2020

11:04 AM

17 June 2020

11:04 AM

The easier it is to announce free money during a crisis, the harder it is to take it away when the crisis is over.

Some have already started warning about the risks involved in stopping the JobKeeker $1,500 fortnightly payment, which expires in late-September.

We should be deeply sceptical of those calling for an extension of JobKeeper now, based on speculation about economic conditions in October.

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