Welcome to our October 2021 special edition of the StewartBrown newsletter. Some important announcements have recently been made concerning the COVID-19 support payments and these are summarised for you below. PHASING OUT OF JOBSAVER & MICRO-BUSINESS GRANT New applications for the JobSaver payment & the Micro Business Grant will close on 18 October 2021. The NSW Government has announced the phasing out of the JobSaver payment and Micro-business Grant as vaccination rates in NSW reach the 70% and 80% targets allowing government restrictions to be eased. These changes are set out below. At 70% Double Vaccination Rate (16 years and older):