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NSW unveils $1bn support package for businesses hit by Omicron outbreak
State government brings in a scaled-down payment for small- and medium-sized businesses after the federal government refused to split the cost
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The New South Wales government has unveiled a $1bn support package for businesses after a summer of exploding Covid-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant.
But the scaled-down, jobsaver-style payment for small- and medium-size businesses will be capped at half of what was offered during the Delta wave of infections in 2021, after the federal government refused a request from the NSW government to split the cost of the package.
Read the original article at The Guardian