Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government’s $1.2 billion tourism stimulus package was not enough and Australians needed a comprehensive jobs plan.
As part of the package 800,000 discounted airline tickets will be made available to Australians in a bid to restore the tourism, travel and aviation industries.
“We got some subsidised airfares and I think most people have concluded that waving around a mocked up plane ticket and dressing up as a pilot is no substitute for a proper jobs plan that recognises we’ve got two million Australians unemployed or unable to find the hours that they need,” Mr Chalmers told Sky News.
“We’ve got stagnant wages, we’ve got pockets of struggling businesses and workers around Australia. This just doesn’t go near far enough to deal with all of those challenges.”
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