$60 billion JobKeeper bungle ‘real challenge’ for the government

Sky News Politics Editor Andrew Clennell says the government’s $60 billion JobKeeper bungle made Scott Morrison’s job much more difficult. The government on Friday revealed a costing error by Treasury meant the wage subsidy scheme was initially forecast $60 billion higher than was required. The JobKeeper program was revised down to cost the government $70 billion instead of the initially projected $130 billion. “The worrying thing for the government out of this bungle is that a lot of big business didn’t qualify, which meant hundreds of thousands of workers lost their jobs,” Mr Clennell said. “It’s a lot harder to get people off the dole than if they’re on JobKeeper to keep them in jobs, so I think that’s a real challenge for the government going ahead.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s #1 news site https://www.news.com.au