‘It feels like we’ve been left behind’: Meet the workers who can’t get the #wagesubsidy. #abc730 @carringtonAU #coronavirus #auspol abc.net.au/news/2020-04-0…
Niall Harden & Sarah Wyllie were working at MONA when it closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Because they are not permanent residents they are not entitled to the Government’s new $1500 a fortnight #wagesubsidy. #abc730 #coronavirusaus
“We’ve spent more than half a decade living here, trying to build a home and community here, and pay the same taxes as everyone else. We’ve made it quite clear that we intend to stay here and keep doing that. And it feels like we’ve been a bit left behind.” Sarah Wyllie. #abc730
“I think you could make the argument that because they've been contributing their tax payments, they ought to have some unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, paid to them.” - Economist Rohan Pitchford, from ANU, on non-resident workers. #abc730 #coronavirus #wagesubsidy
Lauren Wynd cannot get the #wagesubsidy because she was working as a casual for less than 12 months. "In creative industries, the contracts usually aren't that long. We're all kind of just in this weird, no-job limbo." #abc730 #coronavirusaus
Casual worker Lauren Wynd is eligible for the JobSeeker payment while she is not receiving an income. JobSeeker has been boosted by an extra $550 a fortnight but it is still less than the JobKeeper payment. #abc730 #coronavirus
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