‘Pretty close to theft’:Small business slams big corporate JobKeeper profits
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‘Pretty close to theft’:Small business slams big corporate JobKeeper profits

Council of Small Business Organisations Australia chief executive Peter Strong said big businesses taking JobKeeper and reporting big profits was “not Australian”.

  • byJennifer Duke andDominic Powell

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