Mr Morrison said workers in the state would be able to apply for the payment over the phone from Wednesday."We anticipate this payment will be needed for some time," he said.
This afternoon the Victorian Government announced hundreds of thousands of workers would be stood down as businesses wereThe Australian Council of Trade Unions, which along with Labor has called for paid pandemic leave for several months, said the $1,500 payment, which was designed to cover a fortnight's work, did not go far enough.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus said the payment would retain a financial incentive for people to go to work, as it was lower than the average wage.Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world "Any money for workers who are saving lives and saving jobs by staying home and doing the right thing is welcome, but this payment does not address the full scale of the problems which fully funded paid pandemic leave would address," she said.
"This payment will mean that nearly all full-time workers who are forced to rely on it will take a pay cut while they isolate.Loading...
How much does Morrison need per day to survive a lockdown? Not to mention feed his family....
Sure And we can sit back and watch the ATO Fk that up too!
FatherBob ....Should extend Nationwide😐😑
FatherBob Which is nearly double the disaster relief pple got when their homes burnt to the ground, when does this bullshit stop,
This doesn't make sense.The Vic Gov have been providing a payment to encourage people to stay at home. With 1 in 4 not found at home after being found positive, it obviously does not work.
Wow ‘disaster payment’ for people of StateOfDisaster! Well ScottMorrisonMP it’s easy to say that Govt understand frustration of people bcz you’re in Australia 🇦🇺 but we’re in Victoria 😷
Will we be sending the bill to China? Auspol
Good luck to all Victorians. You are the guinea pigs in Australia. People are not dying massively for the so called deadly virus and your futures are being crushed for this scaremongering news. Pensions cuts will be next! Europe is waking up
Yet returning Australians must PAY to isolate in a box, another double standard from our Scotty.
Creating more nonsense financial dependence on the State for survival from a 'phantom crisis' concocted using deceitful manner and mainly self inflicted.
NWO funded all this ?
Should extend it to the entire country to prevent other states going down the same path as Victoria?
good to see the government acknowledging that workers not having paid sick leave is a disaster.
ScottMorrisonMP when are you going to start supporting university employees
Hasn't Premier Andrews already established this for Victorians❓ Maybe the PM should do it for the other states instead
Great for those who need to self isolate. What about workers who don't have access to JobKeeper or JobSeeker? Are they supposed to pay bills with promises and eat air for six weeks? A lot of them spent their savings to get through the first round of lockdowns.
Gee I wonder where he got that idea....
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