Returning the economy to where it was pre-COVID-19 is nowhere near good enough: Ross Garnaut
"Talk about returning the economy to normal after the crisis is misguided. Before the crisis, normal was nowhere near good enough," says Ross Garnaut.
If not now, then when? We must normalise mental health days
Since the pandemic hit, we’re taking fewer sick days, even though we’re living in an uncertain, challenging and anxiety-inducing time.
Cochlear to return $23 million in JobKeeper payments
Hearing-implant maker Cochlear is the latest large company to commit to paying back JobKeeper wage subsidies.
“An industry in crisis”: Musicians, sole traders and festivals call for JobKeeper extension in open letter to government
The beleaguered music industry is calling on the government for targeted support in the final weeks before the JobKeeper wage subsidy ends.
Would ‘COVID loans’ be a more affordable and effective way to support economies?
Should wage subsidies and small business loans remain Australia's economic response measures of choice into the future?
Retail and hospitality to reopen as Victoria’s “circuit breaker” lockdown ends tonight
Victoria's "circuit breaker" coronavirus lockdown will end this evening, after the state recorded no new cases overnight.
Seven West Media reports $116 million half-year net profit, with no plans to return $47 million in JobKeeper subsidies
At $47 million, Seven West Media will finish in the top 100 national recipients of JobKeeper... although the government won't confirm this.
Government grant program to offer small hotels $25,000 to reduce energy costs
The Hotel Energy Uplift Program will give small hotels and motels grants of between $10,000 and $25,000 to spend on “energy-saving projects”.
Collins Foods to give back $1.8 million in JobKeeper for now-closed Sizzler stores
Collins Foods will give back $1.8 million in JobKeeper received by its nine Sizzler restaurants in the final months before they closed down.
Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout set to begin next week: Here’s what SMEs need to know
Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout is set to begin next week, after 142,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in the country yesterday.
Adairs to repay $6.1 million in JobKeeper payments after profits jump 233%
Adairs will return $6.1 million in JobKeeper payments to the federal government after recording an increase in profits for the first half of the 2021 financial year.
As lockdowns become the new normal, what support should state governments give SMEs hit by snap restrictions?
Victoria’s lockdown has put COVID-19 relief in the spotlight, as business groups urge the state to compensate businesses hit by restrictions.