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We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?

  • Written by Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?Shutterstock

Bipartisan support for temporary extra government spending to preserve businesses and jobs through JobKeeper was one of the few positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recognition that the long-term damage caused by short-term economic crises far exceeds the cost of temporary government spending to avoid it underpinned that...

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