Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the imminent end to many of the government's COVID-19 economic response measures, including:

  (i) the JobKeeper wages subsidy which is due to finish on 27 September 2020, except for childcare centres for whom JobKeeper will finish at the end of June 2020,

  (ii) the increase in JobSeeker and other social security payments which are due to finish on 24 September 2020, along with the relaxation of eligibility criteria,

  (iii) economic support payments to eligible income support recipients, the last of which will be made during July,

  (iv) free childcare, which will finish at the end of June 2020,

  (v) cash flow support for small and medium sized enterprises, which is due to finish at the end of September 2020,

  (vi) the apprentice wages subsidy for small and medium sized enterprises which is which is due to finish at the end of September, and

  (vii) arrangements for eviction moratoriums, rent reductions and mortgage holidays, which are all due to finish at the end of September; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to:

  (i) extend economic response measures so as to avoid more people losing their jobs, more people having their income reduced, and more people falling into poverty,

  (ii) develop a government-led recovery plan that will create the jobs for the future, and

  (iii) announce these measures urgently so as to provide certainty and confidence, and to give the nation the best chance of making a strong recovery.

Question agreed to.