JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs in early stages of pandemic: RBA Coronavirus Madeline Hislop 25 November 2020 JobKeeper wage subsidies reduced total employment losses by at least 700,000 between April and July, according to a Reserve Bank report.
Don’t ‘set and forget’: How the JobKeeper scheme should be extended Coronavirus The Conversation 1 May 2020 JobKeeper payments are expected to go to 6.6 million Australians, in order to save the jobs of around one million. This gap creates an opportunity to extend the scheme.