People in greater Melbourne who have lost work as a result of the lockdown will receive a payment of either $500 or $325, as part of a financial support package from the federal government.
Key points:
- The payment will be available to people over 17 who have less than $10,000 in assets
- People will be able to apply for the payment from next Tuesday
- The Prime Minister says National Cabinet will discuss tomorrow how governments should divide the cost
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the "temporary COVID disaster payment" would be made on a week-by-week basis.
People over the age of 17 who usually work more than 20 hours a week will be eligible for the full $500, or $325 if they work fewer hours than that.
The payment will be part of a new "national framework" and will be made available to other states if they are declared a Commonwealth hotspot and a lockdown is needed for more than a week, like is currently the case in Melbourne but not regional Victoria.
To be eligible, a person must declare that they would have worked during the lockdown and will lose income because of it, that they have used up all of their pandemic sick leave or other leave if their employer offers it, and that they have less than $10,000 in "liquid assets".
"We are talking about somebody getting through the next week," he said.
"Someone who would normally be in an economic situation where every dollar counts.
"They will be able to [apply] from Tuesday in making an application online with Services Australia and there will also be a number they can contact and there will be further information provided about that."
The Prime Minister said the government did not have an estimate of how much the payment would cost over the next week, and state and territory leaders would talk about how the payment is funded at tomorrow's National Cabinet meeting.
"There are two options," Mr Morrison said.
"What I put to the acting Victorian Premier last night was that we should split 50-50 both payments. Go 50-50 on household and 50-50 on business.
"Alternatively, the states can agree that in these circumstances they will always provide the business support and we will always provide the household support.
"Either way, we will work it out at National Cabinet tomorrow, we will have a good discussion about it.
"What matters is that businesses get the support they need and households get the support they need, and the politicians don't need to have a discussion in public about how that is going to get done."
The government had already flagged it was considering what support options were available for the state, but had ruled out a JobKeeper 2.0-style wage subsidy scheme.
The state government announced more than $200 million in extra financial support for businesses yesterday after extending Victoria's lockdown for another week.
More to come.
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