Government to resist JobKeeper overhaul

The federal government is staring down calls to make wholesale changes to the $130 billion JobKeeper program, arguing that by the time key demands are met, the scheme will be due to expire.

With the six-month scheme to be reviewed in June, at the half-way point, federal Labor and some Liberal MPs are demanding changes aimed at a more efficient use of the revenue, or scaling the program back altogether to reduce the impact on the budget.