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Federal Government offers $130b in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers. $1500 per fortnight.

By political correspondent Brett Worthington (ABC NEWS) 

Businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy up to $1,500 per employee as part of a Federal Government bid to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic

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35 Replies · Reply by Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" Apr 2, 2020
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Drumph and Iran.

Thoughts? Did ol' Donnie Drumph go for the oldest panacea in the failing popularity playbook and start beating the drums of war to distract from impeachment?

Surely the U.S. won't actually go to war against someone who can actually give them a militar

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268 Replies · Reply by Mitchy Jan 13, 2020
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Remember Rodney Hogg

Rodney was a late arrival to Test cricket at age 27. Born in Victoria he was overlooked by state selectors and moved to Adelaide to find an earlier path to Shield.He was selected and within a year he was noticed by Alan Davidson who mentioned his…

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Eels podcasts

What are your thoughts on the different eels specific podcasts?Cumberland Throw- solid whole club analysis. I prefer their blogs which give a great run down of all grades while also giving their opinions.Parra cave podcast- find it a tough listen.…

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Eels Next Match vs Bulldogs

I've noticed some comments from Bulldogs coach Ciraldo that he's not very happy with the refereeing/bunker calls made yesterday in his team's loss to the West Tigers.Not too sure if his concerns are justified or not! As I've not actually watched the…

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