A snap national cabinet meeting is now underway as the federal government considers whether to reinstate emergency COVID-19 payments. Follow live.
Opposition calls for COVID-19 leave payments to be reinstatedmust be reinstatedThe government is also wrapping"We inherited these decisions, but we also inherited a trillion dollars of debt," Mr Albanese said.told Channel Seven on Friday the payment that her government ended was a "lifeline" for casual workers.
"[The leave payment] is there for people who just don't have finances to fall back on, and as we walked to the studio today, past the people who clean the train stations, who set up the coffee shops, $750 is a lifeline for them," Ms Ley said.to protect their family, to put food on the table."before the existence of the Omicron variant
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