Jobkeeper Payment and Income Support Extended

21/07/2020

The Australian Government has today announced changes to the JobkKeeper and JobSeeker schemes. The JobKeeper Payment will be extended by six months to 28 March 2021 and the temporary Coronavirus Supplement for those on income support will be extended until 31 December 2020.

JobKeeper payment rates will be reduced from 28 September 2020 and the temporary Coronavirus Supplement for those on income support will be reduced from 25 September 2020.

The Australian Government has published a factsheet entitled "Extension of the JobKeeper Payment" which can be found here.

Details regarding the new income support arrangements are available here.