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Labor pushes for JobKeeper recipients to be identified

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Labor has launched a new front in the fight for a public register of large Australians companies that banked JobKeeper wage assistance payments, pushing a plan in the Senate to reveal recipients with turnover above $10 million.

Attaching an amendment to laws designed to shut down offshore banking units on Tuesday night, Labor believes the list will reveal further waste in the $90 billion scheme.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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