Some migrant workers who received JobKeeper told to repay it

The impact of JobKeeper and the road ahead.

The impact of JobKeeper and the road ahead. Source: Getty Images

The Tax Office is trying to claw back thousands of dollars from Migrant Workers who were paid the JobKeeper wage subsidy at the height of the pandemic.


The government payments were set up with great urgency and allowed workers to self-assess their eligibility... only now discovering they were wrongly paid.

SBS News has seen debt notices of up to $20 thousand dollars.



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