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COVID spike prompts calls to reinstate $750 relief payments

The Labor Government hasn’t backed down on its commitment to end pandemic leave payments despite a surge in winter COVID infections.

COVID spike prompts calls to reinstate $750 relief payments
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COVID spike prompts calls to reinstate $750 relief payments

The payments - designed to compensate people who had to isolate and miss work when they had COVID - ended on June 30.

However, COVID cases are on the rise, with more than 70,000 new infections and 89 deaths reported across the country over the weekend.

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