Government under pressure to restore COVID-19 payments ahead of snap national cabinet meeting

Health Minister Mark Butler has defended the government's decision to end pandemic leave payments, despite case numbers increasing as a result of new, more infectious subvariants of COVID-19 circulating in Australia.

Health Minister Mark Butler has defended the government's decision to end pandemic leave payments, despite case numbers increasing Source: AAP

Australian news bulletin for Friday 15 July 2022.


Read by Kulasegaram Sanchayan.


 

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