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JobKeeper: Is the missing 3 million workers good news or bad?

Kirsten Lawson
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:15am, first published May 22 2020 - 7:30pm
Has the JobKeeper program's revised cost taken the sheen off for Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg? Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Has the JobKeeper program's revised cost taken the sheen off for Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg? Picture: Elesa Kurtz

As the Tax Office looked shell shocked and analysts wondered at the implications of the rather substantial JobKeeper mistake uncovered on Friday, we are left with more than three million workers suddenly unaccounted for.

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Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Political reporter

It's about the truth for me. That means asking questions. Then asking more questions. On the best days, we get answers.

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