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Open letter to the prime minister: extend coronavirus support to temporary workers

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Many temporary Australian residents will be excluded from the JobSeeker Payment and Coronavirus Supplement to be provided to permanent residents. In this open letter to the prime minister, 40 leading Australian experts on public policy argue this is in no-one’s interests.

Dear Mr Morrison,

The Australian government has achieved a...

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