Jobkeeper 'should be extended' in Victoria due to Covid-19 border closure

Victorians should be eligible for an additional two months of payments, the state's chamber of commerce and industry says

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Victoria should be granted an extra two months of jobkeeper payments to allow its economy, reeling from suburb lockdowns and the closure of the New South Wales border, to catch up with the rest of the country, the state's peak business body says.

Nationally, the aviation sector has also renewed its calls for jobkeeper payments to continue past the Morrison government's cut-off date of the end of September after the border closure threw into chaos plans by Qantas and Virgin Australia to restart their coronavirus-battered businesses.