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Victorians struggle to exit JobKeeper, as the scheme's end looms

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

As JobKeeper enters its final weeks, the government has released the latest Tax Office breakdown of the numbers coming off the program, amid concerns its end in late March will see a rise in unemployment.

With attention currently on Victoria, in a five day lockdown due to a COVID outbreak that started with a hotel quarantine breach, the JobKeeper...

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