The $750 payment has been extended through September, following pressure on the government
The $750 payment for workers needing to isolate due to being Covid-positive ran out at the end of June but was brought back following pressure on the government.
The bill for the $780 million scheme will be split between the Commonwealth and states and territories.said the government had been dragged “kicking and screaming” to reinstate the payments, Chalmers described the criticism as ridiculous. “It was her government a little over eight weeks ago that designed this program to end at the end of June,” he told Sky News on Sunday.
“We will get on with our work, working with the states and territories, led by premiers and chief ministers of both persuasions.”
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