Senate debates

Tuesday, 1 September 2020

Bills

Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; In Committee

1:38 pm

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] That wasn't my question. I said you've extended these payments out to March next year. If you're going to keep paying these businesses, how often are you going to be asking them to send in reports on where their profits are or where their turnover is at? You can't just extend it and then allow it to go for seven months. A lot of these businesses actually make a lot of money out of the government, and they're getting paid the JobKeeper payments. How often do they have to report to the government to see if they still comply with the rules and regulations? If you've paid them JobKeeper they've been making profits over these months. You've said you won't be asking them for the taxpayers' dollars back. How often do they have to report? Is it weekly, is it monthly, is it three-monthly, or are you going to let them go for the full six months?

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