JobKeeper subsidy could halve unemployment increase
The new wage subsidy could limit the jobless rate rise to less than five per cent instead of 10. But future income tax cuts are under threat.
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Jail for Chinese profiteers sending COVID-19 supplies home
Exporting face masks or hand sanitiser will be punished with up to five years’ jail, as will price-gouging of these or other “essential goods”.
10,000 landlords swamp CBA with mortgage SOS
Desperate landlords are asking CBA to defer their mortgage debts in response to a ban on evicting tenants behind on their rent. It comes as an expert warns against freezing repayments.
200,000 childcare jobs to go within two weeks
The child care industry says its 200,000 workers will be out of a job inside two weeks, decimating Scott Morrison’s plans to “resuscitate” the economy once the coronavirus crisis passes.
Evictions ban: What it means for tenants and landlords
The first details have emerged over the flagged NSW tenant evictions ban with revelations it’s not a straight six-month prohibition as first expected.
Property investors fear ruin from six-month eviction ban
While renters fear losing their home during the coronavirus crisis, landlords fear they will be forced to sell their properties and be “financially ruined” by an eviction ban that potentially allows tenants to squat for six months.
Border Force slams NSW Health over Ruby Princess
The head of the ABF says NSW Health’s decision not to send medical staff aboard the vessel caused the debacle, as lawyers say both the government and cruise line could face legal action.
Pets give up ventilators for humans in coronavirus crisis
Vets have offered 100 ventilators to help humans while hard-to-get parts will be 3D-printed as Australia desperately attempts to double breathing machine numbers in intensive care units.
Price-gouging petrol stations ‘playing with fire’
The nation’s top competition cop has indicated a plan to regulate petrol prices to combat “outrageous profiteering” in “this time of crisis” as The Daily Telegraph reveals some suburbs are charging 80 cents more per litre than others. FIND OUT WHERE
‘We really need it’: Businesses welcome survival package
Small businesses will start to receive cash refunds from as early as next week after Daniel Andrews unvielied a survival package for employers doing it tough during the coronavirus crisis. Here’s what else you need to know.
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