Important Political Headlines You Ought to Know

A Curry for the Country?

What you need to know:

Recently, Minister for Employment, Skills and Small and Family Business, Michaelia Cash became very excited when asked by reporters to have a “curry for the country” to help small businesses stay afloat since COVID-19 restrictions have been eased.
To see just how much Michaelia Cash loves Indian food, watch the link below: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/michaelia-cash-curry-country/

What you need to know:

The JobKeeper program was initially costed at $130 billion, making it the single biggest piece of Government spending in Australian history.
The Government had said more than 6 million workers would receive the $1 500 fortnightly wage subsidy but on Friday it was forced to concede it would only cover about half that number with the new estimated cost of the program being nearly halved to $60 billion.
The Opposition has since confirmed a Labor-led coronavirus parliamentary committee would seek to compel Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to explain how the Federal Government overestimated the JobKeeper wage subsidy program by $60 billion.
Scott Morrison has since insisted that the error is in fact a benefit as future generations would not have as much debt to pay back.

Allison Ferguson (Year 12)