$25,000 plus another $14,000 per apprentice irrespective of whether your business is affected by corona or not????. Sounds like a massive pork barrel. New Mercedes for the boss with instant writeoff!!!!. A few sheckels for pensioners and newstart paid in lump sum (to be spent at HN or JB) but nothing ongoing when it could just of easily be spread over 6 months and spent at a range of businesses over that time.Marketing however said "If you give pensioners money over 6 months timeframe you cant then stop it"
Doesnt appear to be much left for the average working family on $75,000 a year doing it tough.
Previous articles said there is a lot of push back from cabinet about giving cash to newstart with the social services minister Anne Ruston saying they would only spend it on drugs. The cynic in me suggests that they will be searching the court lists hard over the next 6 months looking for a young person on newstart that grew a few plants in their backyard in a "Told you so" moment to justify their continuing freeze on newstart. Skynews will have a field day.
