It’s the largest piece of Australian Government spending in history. Now, Secretary to the Australian Treasury Dr. Steven Kennedy gives an insider’s view of the JobKeeper program.In this unmissable episode of Work with Purpose, Secretary of the Treasury, Dr. Steven Kennedy and CEO of the Commonwealth Bank Matt Comyn is joined in conversation with Jessica Irvine, the senior economics writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age newspapers.They discuss the decision making and design of JobKeeper, why a demand-driven stimulus approach was chosen, and the differences between Australia’s and other international government fiscal responses to the pandemic.Discussed in this episode:The rationale for JobKeeper and JobSeeker programsAvoiding a fiscal cliff and what happens nextWhere that $60 billion shortfall came fromKeeping people in jobs and homesProviding certainty in uncertain timesUsing business intelligence to assess policy impact Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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