Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today announced the nation’s “number one economic issue” is jobs and unemployment. “The biggest challenge which is shared by our government is unemployment, it’s jobs, it’s about getting Australians back into jobs, it’s about keeping Australians in jobs,” he said. Mr Morrison revealed the RBA Governor Philip Lowe had addressed national leaders at the state and territory levels and called on them to raise their fiscal investments over the next two years.
Mr Lowe urged premiers to roll out programs, “which didn’t lead to permanent increases public spending, to the tune of 2 per cent pf GDP or $40 billion”. The Prime Minister said the total of all state and territory measures currently sat around $48 billion, but the RBA Governor indicated an additional $40 billion was needed. “This needs to be done in a coordinated way, don’t expect states and territories to be making announcements tomorrow morning about when that will be done,” Mr Morrison said.
ScottMorrisonMP What do you expect when you destroy 100,000s of people's lives by putting their livelihoods in a coma, yet refuse to pay life support? So much short-sighted fixation on Covid deaths & lockdowns to save a tiny % of people, meanwhile the rest of us have to live with the aftermath.
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ScottMorrisonMP Reopen borders!!
ScottMorrisonMP number one economic issue for common people are unemployment, ongoing electricity bills, ongoing school fees, ongoing banking interest charge and accumulation of default, ongoing council rate, electricity and water rates, and money wasted on people who don't deserve it
ScottMorrisonMP OMG the PM has had a revelation. My family will be on Jobkeeper till March 2021 and maybe longer unless the borders open. So let’s go for longer!
ScottMorrisonMP Jobs for the boys and unemployment for the others 🤭
ScottMorrisonMP The number one issue is gov tyranny
ScottMorrisonMP Lol.
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