Government announces a $66 billion second coronavirus stimulus: What’s available to small businesses, and how do I claim it?

This article relates to the government’s second stimulus package, announced on March 22. It does not include information on the $130 billion wage subsidy package, announced on March 30. You can find more information on that here.

Just 10 days after announcing its coronavirus stimulus package, the Morrison government has released a second, beefed-up and more robust version.

The new $66.1 billion economic plan bolsters the measures of the first $17.6 billion pledge, and is intended to help small businesses stay afloat, and keep people employed, until the coronavirus-related economic downturn has passed.