House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-04-08 Daily Xml

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Coronavirus, Employment

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:35): This will be my last question on this subject to the Premier. Since those government enterprise employees are currently not eligible for the JobSeeker payment, notwithstanding the Premier's commitment to look—

The Hon. S.S. Marshall: JobKeeper.

Mr MALINAUSKAS: Sorry, the JobKeeper payment—notwithstanding your commitment to look into that, will the Premier instruct those government-owned enterprises to not stand down workers in the interim so as to preserve their current incomes?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:36): Well, no.