Posts tagged "JobKeeper"

A Melbourne man has been sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment after defrauding the Australian Taxation Office of nearly $35,000, and filing additional false claims worth an extra $460,000, including dozens of dodgy JobKeeper applications.

Speaking to SmartCompany, Collins says Labor's budget is more focused on long-term sustainability than directly alleviating today's sharp cost pressures.

The airline admits that government support has been important for its recovery, but its appreciation doesn't extend to paying taxpayers back.

A cafe’s dilemma with leftover cookie dough during lockdown has turned into a runaway success, with the product now stocked in more than 600 Coles stores nationally.

"In Australia, a supposedly conservative government created JobKeeper to ostensibly help low paid workers — in reality it was a direct transfer of wealth to business owners," writes Adam Schwab.

More than 1 million entities had JobKeeper applications processed by the tax office team, ANAO says in its report, with almost $89 billion being made.

The Morrison government has reminded small businesses of the millions it has poured into pandemic and disaster relief over the past two years, as it made its case to SMEs ahead of the upcoming federal election. 

Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey said a fortnightly payment of $1500 should be resurrected and given to employers wherever an emergency declaration has been made.

As COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back and floods hit the east coast, small business owners are hunkering down to fight for their survival.

The court found the employer had breached JobKeeper rules — and his employee's trust — in a “callous and despicable manner”.

M&A deals in Australia have been wildly successful in the past year, bucking the conventional wisdom about deals during downturns, writes Michael Sonego.

The type of government support that helped so many businesses survive the official lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 has been absent during the Omicron outbreak.