Dominic Perrottet says Covid-19 policies should not be ‘set and forget’ while ACT chief minister pushes for further extension of leave payments
earlier this year. The health minister, Mark Butler, told 6PR radio on Monday a seven-day period was “pretty standard” worldwide.
“Given where we are in the height of this third Omicron wave … now is not the time to start reducing those protections.” until the end of September, but Barr said the support should remain as long as Australians were required to isolate if it was “in a highly targeted way” and “subject to appropriate means testing to ensure the payment is only going to those who really need it”.
The shadow health minister, Anne Ruston, said the decision about the isolation period “must be a balance between making sure that people are safe, at the same time as making sure that we’re getting people back to work as soon as possible and where it’s safe to do so”.
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