Peta Pearson, who works at Helloworld Travel in Richmond Marketplace, has wanted to be a travel agent since she was a teenager.

But despite loving her job, Peta and her colleague, Claudia Laming, shared their uncertainty about the future when the JobKeeper wage supplement is discontinued on March 28 with Federal Member for Macquarie Susan Templeman.

“When I met with Peta and Claudia recently, they still managed a smile and a joke. But their lives are on hold,” Ms Templeman said.

“Travel agents have really suffered during COVID with the borders closed, and initially there was no immediate support for the businesses they worked in, until JobKeeper was introduced.

“Right from the start, they had to go through the