{"id":11649,"date":"2021-06-03T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2021-06-03T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:49:56","slug":"temporary-australian-government-assistance-for-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/03\/temporary-australian-government-assistance-for-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Australian Government assistance for workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australians who have had their hours of work and income significantly affected due to state lockdowns, will be eligible for a temporary COVID Disaster Payment.<br \/>\nThe rapid support will be paid weekly to those workers who reside or work in a Commonwealth declared hotspot and are therefore unable to attend work and earn an income as a result of state imposed health restrictions, which last for greater than one week.<br \/>\nEligible recipients will receive up to $500 per week for losing 20 hours or more of work, and $325 per week for losing under 20 hours. They must not have liquid assets of more than $10,000.<br \/>\nThe payment will be made in respect of the second and any subsequent weeks of restrictions.<br \/>\nThis support will be available for Australian citizens and permanent residents and eligible working visa holders. Individuals who are already receiving income support payments, business support payments, or the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment will not be eligible for this new payment. To qualify, people will need to have exhausted any leave entitlements (other than annual leave) or other special pandemic leave.<br \/>\nThe payment will complement existing payments including the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment.<br \/>\nBy making these payments available, the Australian Government will ensure that Victorian workers get the financial support they need to stay at home during this outbreak.<br \/>\nAccess to Services Australia Disaster Assistance will be open to the public from Tuesday at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.servicesaustralia.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.servicesaustralia.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0or over the phone on 180 22 66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians who have had their hours of work and income significantly affected due to state lockdowns, will be eligible for a temporary COVID Disaster Payment. The rapid support will be paid weekly to those workers who reside or work in a Commonwealth declared hotspot and are therefore unable to attend work and earn an income &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/03\/temporary-australian-government-assistance-for-workers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Temporary Australian Government assistance for workers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}