Jobkeeper kept them afloat during lockdown, so what happens now itâs over?
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By Angus Thomson
May 24, 2021
Stav Hatzipantelis, whose business supplies equipment to the events industry, has had to let staff go after the JobKeeper wage subsidies ended.
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Jobkeeper was one of the defining economic policies of Australiaâs response to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Its end in March prompted a number of warnings about the consequences for those it had sustained.
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âWonât rebuild itselfâ: Skilled worker exodus a fresh threat to events industry
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Skilled events workers hit hard by the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy may be permanently lost to the ailing sector, putting at risk its ability to recover from the pandemic unless government acts to help stimulate the $12 billion industry in Victoria.
Businesses and representatives from the events industry and economic analysts say the loss of JobKeeperâs financial lifeline has led to further job losses among a workforce already drained by lockdowns in Victoria last year, forcing many workers to seek jobs outside the sector and consider alternative careers.