State leaders will meet on Monday after Albanese returns from the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji. 9News
has called a snap meeting of National Cabinet as calls grow for the return of pandemic leave payments.
Australians are still required to isolate for seven days if they are diagnosed with COVID-19, but support pay ended at the start of July. This means many workers, including those on casual arrangements, are forced to face a week without any income, amid an ongoing cost of living crisis.It's understood the worsening COVID-19 crisis around the country will also be in focus, after about 47,000 cases were recorded yesterday.He has previously defended the decision to abide by the previous federal government's timetable for ending the support payments, saying it was a decision that had been "inherited".
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