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Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on 3 August 2020 a Federal Government “pandemic leave disaster payment”. The payment will be a one-off amount of $1,500, available to workers in Victoria who have no sick leave

For JobKeeper fortnights beginning on or after 3 August 2020, the reference date for determining certain employee eligibility conditions has been changed from 1 March 2020 to 1 July 2020. The purpose of this change is to

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced further changes to JobKeeper on 7 August 2020. The changes are intended to ensure that eligibility for the revised JobKeeper scheme – to commence on 28 September 2020 – will be

The ATO has updated its COVID-19 and fringe benefits tax (FBT) advice, providing a useful outline of some issues that may arise due to an employer’s response to COVID-19.  Working from home devices  Items provided to

Future Casting – your staffing structure in 6 months Thursday, August 19th 1pm AEST JobKeeper has been extended, which brings welcome short term relief, but business owners are still feeling understandable concern

On 23 July 2020, Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released the Economic and Fiscal Update July 2020, outlining the key COVID-19 policy response measures announced by the Government since March 2020. The Treasurer said t

The Government is extending the JobKeeper Payment by a further six months to 28 March 2021. Support will be targeted to businesses and not-for-profits that continue to be significantly impacted by the Coronavirus. Moving

The Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2019 (Bill) in its final form (after various versions) received Royal Assent on 5 December 2019.  The new measures set out under the Bill will commence on 30 June 2020.  The