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The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

Episode #6.5 (Season 6, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 28 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Topics: The Federal Government's JobKeeper scheme, which initially cost $130 billion to assist more than 6 million workers, was revealed to actually be $70 billion and given to 3.5 million employees; Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...See moreTopics: The Federal Government's JobKeeper scheme, which initially cost $130 billion to assist more than 6 million workers, was revealed to actually be $70 billion and given to 3.5 million employees; Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg called the JobKeeper cost blunder "good news" and confirmed the spare $60 billion would not be reallocated to other areas such as casual workers, university staff and the arts sector to ease financial strain for future generations; Australian states and territories South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory continue to keep their borders closed amid calls from the Federal Government to open the borders for trade and tourism. See less
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Writers
James Colley (senior writer) | Justin Kennedy (senior writer) | Scott Abbot (senior writer) | Lucy Shaw & 7 more
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Updated May 27, 2020

Release date
May 27, 2020 (Australia)
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