Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brushed off criticisms by the leader of the opposition over the reduction in JobKeeper support payments which came into effect on Jan. 4. Morrison said the country needs to be weaned off the emergency support measure which was put in place when the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic first struck Australia. The prime minister said JobKeeper—which has so far cost $77 billion—was always a temporary measure and had fulfilled its purpose of helping get Australians “through the worst of this crisis.” “The economy is building up again, and we have to wean it off these emergency supports,” Morrison told 2GB on Tuesday. He likened it to a hospital patient moving from ICU to a recovery ward before becoming an outpatient. Morrison said the economy was “finding its own feet again” after 450,000 businesses and 2 million Australians “graduated off” the payments because they didn’t …