BREAKING: Scott Morrison has announced an one-off disaster payment for eligible workers stood down without pay in Victoria – but it comes with strings attached.
of “walking away” from his responsibilities to vulnerable Victorians over his plan to split the cost of disaster payments for workers stood down without pay.
“In terms of income support for workers, Victorian workers during this outbreak, that is a responsibility of the Federal Government,” Mr Merlino said earlier. “I think the appropriate thing, the respectful thing is still for the Federal Government announce rather than me announcing or taking you through the detail of my discussion with the Prime Minister last night. That wouldn‘t be appropriate. But I said it would be unreasonable to discount the support we have already provided to businesses over the last few days, almost half a billion.
It suggested the existing Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment scheme could be used to help Victoria.
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