Pressure over casual workers as young people warned of coronavirus risk

The government is under pressure from unions and Labor to extend the $130 billion program to more casual workers as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches almost 5,800 with 40 confirmed deaths.

A young couple at the end of a sea wall at the Wynnum foreshore in Brisbane Source: AAP

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