Covid-19: Cricket Australia is getting laid-off staff placed at supermarket

At the moment, Cricket Australia is not eligible for the federal government's JobKeeper support program

Cricket Australia has approached supermarket giant and one of its sponsors Woolworths to help with temporary jobs for its staff, who were laid off due to a financial crunch caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Cricket Australia is currently not eligible for the federal government's JobKeeper support program as it has still not lost major revenue streams from cancelled matches.
 
"I wrote to Brad Banducci the CEO of Woolworths given that Woolworths is among organisations that need more staff at the moment," CA chief executive Kevin Roberts was quoted as saying by Australia’s 'SEN Radio'.
 
"Our people and culture team are also working with other organisations who are in the habit of placing people in organisations and industries that have a temporary need for more people."
 
Roberts also said that a home international season played without crowds would hit their revenues.
 
"Our revenue from ticket sales you could put a ring around 40-50 million Australian dollars depending on the season. So that is significant obviously, and something that goes into our planning. So we're doing those things proactively...as much as we hate making those sorts of decisions we had to make last week”, he said.