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Barnaby Joyce calls for an early end to JobKeeper payments amid rising debt fears
It's been heralded a lifeline for local businesses but New England MP Barnaby Joyce wants the JobKeeper payment wound back sooner rather than later.
Mr Joyce, a former accountant and deputy prime minister, believes the $1500-a-fortnight wage subsidy for workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic will hurt the economy in the long run.
- Billy Jupp
- The Canberra Times
“I hear what the Labor Party have been talking about and that is keeping these stimulus packages going longer,” Mr Joyce said.
“Of course our hearts say that could work, but of course the accountant side of us says it can’t, because it…