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The Federal Government has overhauled its JobKeeper and JobSeeker income support payments, as the economy slowly starts to recovers. Both schemes will be extended, but they will be reduced over time, at a cost of more than 20 billion dollars. That story by Shuba Krishnan for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

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The Federal Government has overhauled its JobKeeper and JobSeeker income support payments, as the economy slowly starts to recovers. Both schemes will be extended, but they will be reduced over time, at a cost of more than 20 billion dollars. That story by Shuba Krishnan for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

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