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Analysis shows one job saved for every nine people vaccinated as economists back cash incentives
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Giving cash handouts to encourage vaccinations could save thousands of workers from joining the unemployment queue with new modelling showing one job will be saved for every nine people who get fully immunised.
Academics and leading economists are backing cash payments to encourage a higher rate of immunisation across the country following an analysis from Deloitte Access Economics calculating tens of thousands of jobs would be lost in each week of extended lockdowns in Greater Sydney.
Queensland CHO modifies AstraZeneca advice as case numbers rise
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Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says “now is the time” for people younger than 60 to speak to their GP about getting the AstraZeneca vaccine if they can’t get a dose of Pfizer.
Jeannette Young has come under fire from interstate and federal authorities over her stance on the AstraZeneca vaccine, which she has said should not be used by anyone under 40 and only by those under 60 after speaking to their GP.
She reiterated that stance on Monday, despite growing case numbers in south-east Queensland thanks to an outbreak involving several school communities with the highly transmissible Delta variant.
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New government figures show that more than 90,000 people have come off welfare benefits since JobKeeper ended in late-March. The stronger than expected recovery also means that the federal government now expects the final cost of the JobKeeper scheme to be about $88.8 billion, down from the October 2020 Budget’s forecast of $101.3 billion:
Josh Frydenberg said the figures in which at least 30,000 people came off welfare benefits in the week ending April 30 on top of 63,000 in the first weeks of the month…
The Treasurer said on Sunday that while 93,000 people were off benefits and job advertisements were at record highs, there was still work to do to secure the post-COVID recovery.