Liberal MPs demand early end to JobKeeper

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The federal government’s JobKeeper scheme is slated to end on 27 September. However, Liberal MP Jason Falinski believes that it should be phased out sooner. He suggests that the government should consider starting to phase out out JobKeeper once all students have returned to school.

Meanwhile, Liberal MP Craig Kelly contends that businesses that have resumed normal operations should no longer receive the wage subsidy.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.