House debates

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Questions without Notice

JobKeeper Payment

3:00 pm

Photo of Josh FrydenbergJosh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Again the member for Rankin selectively quoted the Secretary of the Treasury, because when the Secretary of the Treasury made that statement he did also continue to say:

This does not mean that there will be a commensurate increase in unemployment.

The Secretary of the Treasury did make a number of statements, including—and I would like to put these into the Hansard:

The relatively smooth transition from JobKeeper 1.0 to 2.0 gives us reason to believe that the effects will again be moderated by the strong economic and labour market recovery—

Dr Chalmers interjecting

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