Scott Morrison announces increase in Covid support payments to $750 and boosts welfare – video
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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has announced new financial assistance measures after New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian extended greater Sydney's lockdown by four weeks. One of the measures includes an extra $200 payment for welfare recipients in NSW who have lost more than eight hours' work per week. Other disaster payments will be increased from $600 to $750 as a maximum and for people who have lost less than 20 hours' work, from $375 to $450 per week
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