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Health
Luke Costin

‘We paid jobless too much during COVID’: NSW minister

Kevin Anderson is linking the skills shortage to overpayment of unemployed people mid-pandemic. Photo: AAP

NSW Hospitality and Water Minister Kevin Anderson has claimed unemployed people were paid too much over the pandemic, leading to criticism that he’s washing his hands clean of the state’s skill shortage.

The Tamworth MP made the comment at a candidates’ forum in the Northern Tablelands city on Monday after a question on the shortage of labour.

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