Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The decision in March to put in place the coronavirus supplement for people who find themselves on working-age payments at the level of $550 recognised that, almost overnight, the Australian jobs market closed. On 23 March—I think we will always remember that day—the states and territories shut their economies down and hundreds and thousands of Australians lost their jobs in the space of a matter of days. So the response by the government—and I acknowledge the support—

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