19 Aug 2021

Covid-19: Finance Minister on new wage subsidy round

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 19 August 2021

Applications will open tomorrow for the wage subsidy for employers which have a 40 percent drop in revenue because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

The government says it has the resources to be able to pay for all the support measures in place while the country is under level four restrictions.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson spoke to Guyon Espiner.