Council of Small Business Organisations Australia chief executive Peter Strong said big businesses taking JobKeeper and reporting big profits was “not Australian”.
Up to 250,000 workers could lose their jobs when the JobKeeper wage subsidy ends as insolvency data reveals only three companies have used new rules designed to help struggling employers.
Queensland has blamed international border closures for the impending loss of tens of thousands of jobs at the end of this month.
A raft of high-profile Australian businesses have been slammed by economists,investors and politicians over their decision to pocket millions in JobKeeper subsidies.
Australia’s workplace watchdog is investigating billionaire Solomon Lew’s Just Group retail empire over JobKeeper compliance issues.
A 33-year-old man from Mernda has been convicted of recklessly making a false statement to the ATO after he pretended to operate a business in an attempt to receive $6000 in JobKeeper payments.
Fiona Caffery never thought she’d be looking for a job at 58,but the small business owner is determined to make it through after COVID-19 wreaked havoc on her travel agency.
Sydney suburbs recorded the biggest rises in new JobKeeper applications late last year,some had more than a thousand struggling others at 80% of where they were in April
The JobKeeper program ends on March 28. The Morrison government is considering direct cash assistance to help tourist businesses survive the change.
Some of the Australian music industry’s biggest stars have lent their names to an open letter calling on the government to extend JobKeeper.
Queensland LNP Leader David Crisafulli says it is “absolutely essential” for the Commonwealth to support tourism businesses after JobKeeper ends in March.