Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sits within the Home of Representatives throughout query time at Parliament Home in Canberra, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Morrison mentioned there might be extra focused financial reduction for companies scuffling with pandemic restrictions after Parliament resumed for the primary time in 2021.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister mentioned extra focused financial reduction for companies scuffling with pandemic restrictions might be coming after Parliament resumed on Tuesday for the primary time in 2021.
Tourism, aviation and hospitality are among the many industries calling for prolonged monetary assist after the federal authorities’s pandemic wage subsidies are as a consequence of finish on March 31.
With opposition lawmakers calling for extra enterprise assist, Prime Minister Scott Morrison didn’t rule out his authorities offering additional funding.
“For these sectors and people areas particularly who’re persevering with to deal with the results of the pandemic, now we have already demonstrated that we are going to proceed to supply focused assist,” Morrison mentioned. “That’s precisely what the federal government will do.”
However Morrison was adamant the economic system must be weaned off wage subsidies, which he describes as an emergency measure.
“You can’t run the Australian economic system on taxpayers’ cash eternally,” Morrison mentioned.
Deputy opposition chief Richard Marles mentioned companies in tourism and aviation would go beneath with out focused assist.
Lawmakers from Western Australia state got particular exemptions to attend Parliament Home on Tuesday after the west coast metropolis of Perth started a five-day lockdown on Sunday.
