Underspent JobKeeper won't be expanded, but tourism sector could get further support

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The treasurer has hinted there might be more support for the tourism sector after a $60 billion accounting error in JobKeeper payments was uncovered.

The massively underspent JobKeeper scheme won't be expanded to workers who missed out, but it could be extended beyond six months for the battered tourism sector.

Just 3.5 million workers have been enrolled for the $1500 fortnightly payments, rather than the 6.3 million that Treasury had estimated and budgeted for.Arts and entertainment workers, university staff and many casual employees have been deliberately excluded from the scheme. "It is still an extremely expensive program - $70 billion is a lot of money," he told ABC radio on Monday.But he could use the unspent money to extend JobKeeper payments beyond six months for tourism operators.

 

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Helloworld Travel immediately spring to mind. Surprise!

Everyone makes mistakes, like failing to add one or six zeros

I'll help the tourism sector as long as the $60billion is split between every Australian so we can all go somewhere. (Since we'll have to pay it back in time) WereAllInThisTogetherArentWe ? SBSNews auspol

Over-budgeting?. Brilliant. Can you just imagine a Labor doing this?. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In business, we would call the ones who held back budget after a cut, falsely claiming it was spent, the sandbaggers. At bonus time, they would miraculously deliver their targets, through some dodgy redistribution of money. They always got sacked. Its an old trick, Scott, Josh

Only where it goes to the pockets of their political donors. Politics is broken and full of corruption.

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