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Government says it won't change JobKeeper scheme

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People waiting outside a CentreLink office Source: AAP

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is defending his department's sixty billion dollar error that overestimated the cost of the JobKeeper program by almost double.


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By Jennifer Luu, Pablo Vinales

Source: SBS



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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is defending his department's sixty billion dollar error that overestimated the cost of the JobKeeper program by almost double.


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