Pandemic leave payments reinstated until end of September after national cabinet meeting | rachelclun jamesmassola
Casual workers who get COVID will again be able to access pandemic leave payments until the end of September after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reversed his decision to stick with the original end date, as cases continue to surge across the country.
“This is a fair way going forward. All of the states and territories, as well as the Commonwealth understand that emergency payments are just that — they can’t continue forever given the fiscal constraints that are on government at all levels, but that this is an appropriate measure going forward,” he said.
Albanese brought forward the national cabinet meeting to Saturday morning, after he had an emergency meeting with Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly, Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy and Health Minister Mark Butler on the COVID situation in Australia, shortly after arriving back in the country from the Pacific Islands forum in Fiji.for casual workers and others without access to sick leave late on Friday evening on Twitter shortly after the health briefing.
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