Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate the Greens' support for Senator Patrick's motion. I want to place very clearly on the record here that JobKeeper has turned into the biggest corporate rort in Australia's history. We saw multiple billions of dollars go to companies that just simply didn't need it. The government knew about this very early in the day in the history of JobKeeper and did nothing whatsoever to stop this massive flow of public money into the hands of big corporations. We support this for a number of reasons but, in particular, what JobKeeper needs is the disinfectant of sunlight shone upon it. It needs more transparency so that more companies are shamed into paying the money back.