Health
Melbourne Covid outbreak: federal government knocks back Victoria’s request for more financial support – The Guardian
Victorian authorities have identified more than 15,000 close contacts and 121 exposure sites in the latest coronavirus outbreak
Josh Frydenberg has dead-batted Victorias request for federal financial assistance after the state recorded four new Covid-19 cases on its first full day of a planned one-week lockdown.
The lockdown, which has resulted in 15,000 Victorians being identified as primary and secondary contacts who have been told to isolate, has already caused a surge of requests for commonwealth pandemic leave disaster payments.
Despite Victoria facing the first statewide lockdown since jobkeeper ended in March, commonwealth…
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