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Explainer: What changes are being made to JobKeeper and JobSeeker?

Andrew Brown
Updated September 28 2020 - 1:56pm, first published 4:30am
Students protest the reduction of pandemic support payments. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Students protest the reduction of pandemic support payments. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

It's been the payments that have kept millions of Australians on their feet during the coronavirus pandemic. But from Monday, the rate of the federal government's JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments will reduce.

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Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Journalist

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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