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Concern over federal government withdrawal of COVID disaster payments

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg Source: AAP

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More than a million people in NSW, the ACT and Victoria stand to lose COVID-19 disaster payments in the next few weeks as the emergency payments phase out.

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