Senator Cash, Minister for Employment

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "And as was expected, we have seen an increase in the unemployment rate to 6.2 per cent. We have also seen almost 600,000 jobs lost in the April period." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "As the Prime Minister said in his address to the nation, this is a devastating time for those people who no longer have a job." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "We went into this crisis with 13 million Australians in employment. That was actually record employment in Australia." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Of course though, it’s a difficult time for the 1.6 million people who are on JobSeeker." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Treasury still anticipates that unemployment is set to rise and will peak at around 10 per cent." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "But what Treasury has also said, that if the Government, but for its JobKeeper payment, which now covers those 6 million employees, unemployment in Australia would have been around five percentage points higher." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "So, the Government has acted swiftly, $320 billion in support that has been so desperately needed by Australians." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "But what we have seen today – and it's a sad day for so many Australians – is the unemployment rate increase to 6.2 per cent. But as I said, 6 million Australians now covered by the JobKeeper payment, giving them that important lifeline to their employer." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "There is the continued analysis that Treasury are doing in relation to the state of the labour market, but also informed by the ABS labour force figures obviously.'" Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "In relation to the first phase, I've made it very clear, the requirement would be to touch base with your job provider and there will be no penalties and there will be no suspensions in place at that time." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "As we go along, we consistently review all policy settings but in that regard that is the purview of the Minister for Social Services Anne Ruston, and I would like that to her." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "I worked in the hospitality industry, a fantastic stepping stone into the workforce. So it is not surprising that we have seen the increase that we did today in youth unemployment." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "But certainly, I think, you know, every month I've said, youth unemployment in Australia does remain a concern and that is why we were tailoring that PaTH program to really give it the industry training that was so required." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "They face significant barriers but we did undertake the review and that is why we had launched the industry pilots." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "We did do that review and I would say if we can get one additional long term unemployed youth into a job, that's a good thing." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "What you'd see is a gradual reintroduction of mutual obligation" Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Well we would hope as we move into Stage Three and we see that economy reopen." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Any decision in relation to the lifting of mutual obligation will be informed by the next meeting of National Cabinet and COVID-19 restrictions at that particular point in time." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Yes, and that will be exactly based on COVID-19 restrictions that are in place at the time and Treasury's analysis of the labour market." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "I do want to make it very clear, the Government is incredibly sympathetic to people who are on JobSeeker and that is why we have announced the continuation of the suspension until the first of June. " Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "Look, and as the Prime Minister said, in the first instance we have seen 600,000 people lose their job over the last four weeks and these have been people or jobs have been lost in the April period." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au

Doorstop Interview - Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

Canberra, Australia - 14 May 2020: Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business addresses the media about the ABS labour force figures during a doorstop interview at Parliament House. Senator Cash said, "We're a Government that’s very open to looking at situations as they arise." Photo by Rob Keating - https://photos.keatingmedia.com.au