Restaurant & Catering Australia CEO Wes Lambert has urged the federal government to continue to provide financial support for the hospitality industry after the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme ends in March.
Lambert has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Tourism Minister Dan Tehan arguing the case for additional sector-specific support for hospitality workers.
Dubbed ‘HospoKeeper’, the wage subsidy would be available to accommodation and food services businesses that are ‘substantially affected’ by government-imposed coronavirus restriction, and would run for six months.
