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This graph shows that, during the COVID recession in June 2020, 2.2 million people on working-age income support payments (equal to 17% of the labour force) received the Coronavirus Supplement and 3.6 million people who were still employed (equal to 27% of the labour force) received JobKeeper Payment.

These two COVID payments were reduced in late 2020 and removed in April 2021.