Federal Economic Support Package on the Way for COVID-19 Stricken New South Wales

Federal Economic Support Package on the Way for COVID-19 Stricken New South Wales
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at Kirribilli House on July 13, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the federal government will provide an economic support package for New South Wales as it stares down the reality of long term COVID-19 restrictions.

Announcing the full details for financial assistance to households and businesses on July 13, Morrison said that although the Commonwealth and the state’s had originally agreed to a support package where the federal government provided income assistance to citizens and the state’s provided business assistance in the case of a COVID-19 lockdown, the outbreak in Sydney had demonstrated a different approach was needed.