{"id":5874,"date":"2020-04-06T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2020-04-06T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:53:39","slug":"making-it-easier-for-charities-to-access-jobkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/making-it-easier-for-charities-to-access-jobkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Making it Easier for Charities to Access JobKeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charities that are registered with the national regulator will be eligible for the Morrison Government\u2019s $130 billion JobKeeper Payment if they have suffered a 15 per cent decline in turnover as a result of the coronavirus.<br \/>\nLegislation to be introduced into the Parliament this week will include a concessional test for ACNC registered charities given the benefit they provide to the Australian community.<br \/>\nA reduced threshold at which a charity is considered to be substantially affected by the coronavirus, as compared to businesses and other not-for-profits, will support a sector which is expected to have a significant increase in demand for its services.<br \/>\nThere are more than 57,000 charities employing more than 1.3 million Australians registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission, providing services ranging from mental health support to access to food for vulnerable Australians.<br \/>\nThe reduced threshold follows conversations with the charity sector including ACOSS, the Salvation Army and Catholic Social Services Australia.<br \/>\nThe JobKeeper payment will provide around 6 million workers a flat payment of $1,500 per fortnight through their employer.<br \/>\nThe $1,500 payment is the equivalent of around 70 per cent of the national median wage.<br \/>\nEvery arm of government and industry is working to keep Australians in jobs and businesses in business, and to build a bridge to recovery on the other side.<br \/>\nThe Government will continue to do what it takes to ensure that Australia bounces back stronger.<br \/>\nEligible businesses and charities can apply for the payment online and are able to register their interest via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ato.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charities that are registered with the national regulator will be eligible for the Morrison Government\u2019s $130 billion JobKeeper Payment if they have suffered a 15 per cent decline in turnover as a result of the coronavirus. Legislation to be introduced into the Parliament this week will include a concessional test for ACNC registered charities given &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/making-it-easier-for-charities-to-access-jobkeeper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making it Easier for Charities to Access JobKeeper&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}