Greens' JobKeeper payback scheme could reap more than $1 billion

Andrew Brown
Updated May 3 2021 - 7:09am, first published 4:00am
Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt has called on large companies that reported profits to pay back JobKeeper subsidies to the government. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt has called on large companies that reported profits to pay back JobKeeper subsidies to the government. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

A proposal to make companies who made large profits while on JobKeeper pay back the government subsidy to the Treasury could bring more than $1 billion to the economy.

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Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

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I've been part of the Canberra Times since 2016, after reporting at local papers in Sydney's north-west. Since starting at the paper I've had stints on the Sunday Times, on the early morning breaking news round, and now as a general reporter, covering the ins and outs of anything and everything happening in Canberra, with a focus on health.

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