Nany Maree
The pandemic leave payment stopped at the end of June. By mid-July, it's back. Funny how quickly a deadline moves when the phones start ringing.
National cabinet has reinstated the $750 payment for people who test positive and have no sick leave, plus carers and close contacts. It's backdated to 1 July, runs to 30 September and costs $780 million, split fifty-fifty with the states. The Prime Minister said that when the health circumstances changed, they responded.
Fair enough. Casuals can't live on fresh air, and I'm glad they're covered.
But here's my question. The old government ended it on a set timeline. Was that date picked by the calendar or by the case numbers? I'd like to see that memo, love.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2022-07-16
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