Covid Australia live update: $600 a week support payments for NSW workers and up to $10,000 for businesses in Sydney lockdown
A man in his 70s from Sydney’s east has died of coronavirus; Queensland keeps border open for now; support package for NSW to include increased payments for people who have lost work. Follow the latest updates live
- Two apartment blocks in hard lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne
- New Covid assistance package for Sydney businesses and residents
- NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Vic hotspots
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Federal Labor has issued a statement from Richard Marles, Tony Burke, Jim Chalmers and Matt Keogh responding to the financial support announcements. They say it’s not enough:
“After leaving businesses and workers in limbo for the past two weeks scrambling to work out a plan, what Scott Morrison has announced today is not enough to give businesses any security and does not provide support for those who have already lost their job.
This is the queue just to get into the Fairfield Showground. Madness. You can see why people are upset by the new health orders for essential workers. Doing this every three days would be a nightmare. @9NewsSyd #9News pic.twitter.com/btJfBzLcJR
