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The welfare lobby says the increase of $3.57 a day from April 1, after the JobSeeker coronavirus supplement of $150 a fortnight has expired, is heartless.
Business leaders and welfare advocates have blasted the Morrison government’s decision to establish a hotline for employers to dob in unemployed Australians who refuse job offers, calling the measure out of touch with small business owners who believe “most unemployed people are not dole bludgers”. Unions have been even more critical of what they see as the “dangerous” hotline, warning it could force women into accepting jobs from employers who.
New wave of business failures feared as end looms for tenancy support scheme
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A small business lobby group is warning of a fresh wave of insolvencies when the state governmentâs COVID-19 Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme ends in late March.
The schemeâs helpline for small business owners hit by the COVID-19 crisis, or their landlords, has received more than 300 calls a week on average in the 11 months it has been running.
Victorian small businesses are doing it tough in 2021.
Credit:Tamara Voninski