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How to tweak JobKeeper, if we must

  • Written by: Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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JobKeeper was always quick and dirty. Its design was far from perfect, with shortcomings I and others cautioned against.

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