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Victorians could get a $1,000 cash payment as compensation for ongoing lockdown after JobKeeper-style plan was rejected
- Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hinted at a $1,000 disaster payment for Victorians
- Melbourne cabinet minister consider policy options with lockdown extended
- Existing Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment gives adults $1,000
- Mr Frydenberg earlier ruled out reviving JobKeeper wage scheme for Victoria
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has hinted Victorians could be given a $1,000 disaster payment as compensation for the drawn-out two-week lockdown.
The senior cabinet minister from Melbourne has so far ruled out reviving a JobKeeper wage subsidies scheme for his home state, with the Covid restrictions extended for another week.
But he hinted he was open to a $1,000 payment, similar to a policy deployed during natural disasters as Victoria recorded three new locally-acquired coronavirus cases.
‘It would be targeted it would be through existing systems. They are the principles that serve does very well from the start of the crisis,’ Mr Frydenberg told Sunrise on Thursday.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has suggested Victorians could be given a $1,000 disaster payment as compensation for the two-week lockdown
‘We do recognise that with the extension of the lockdown in Victoria, there is a need and there is obviously a lot of pain that families and businesses have been going through.’
Under the existing Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment, adults affected by a flood, bushfire or earthquake are each entitled to $1,000 each, while children under 16 each get $400.
Victoria’s Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday announced the state’s lockdown would be extended for another seven days with 60 active cases and two hospitalisations linked to the current outbreak.
Under the existing Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment, adults affected by a flood, bushfire or earthquake are each entitled to $1,000 each, while children under 16 get $400 each. Pictured are empty seats in Melbourne
Following that announcement, Mr Frydenberg said the federal government was considering a series of policies to compensate Victorians who are being forced to stay at home.
‘There are options that we are considering and that is one of many that we have looked at,’ he told ABC radio on Thursday.
‘There is a need in Victoria for continued support.’
Victoria’s Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday announced the state’s lockdown would be extended for another seven days. Pictured are women exercising in Melbourne
Following that announcement, Mr Frydenberg said the federal government was considering a series of policies to compensate Victorians who are being forced to stay at home. Pictured is an empty cafe near the Yarra River
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