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Albanese to restore Covid leave payment as emergency national cabinet meeting called
Australia’s chief medical officer will give a briefing to state and territory leaders on Saturday as government backflips on pandemic support
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Anthony Albanese will propose that Canberra and the states extend the pandemic leave payment during a snap national cabinet briefing that has been expedited to Saturday.
The government has spent the past week signalling the existing $750 payment would not be extended over the winter for budgetary reasons, but that decision has been reversed after mounting pressure from backbenchers, premiers, and health experts.
Read the original article at The Guardian