South Australia Joins Push for Ongoing Pandemic Payments

The Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas (L) and Deputy Leader Susan Close (R) listening to the Governor’s speech for the opening of the South Australian Parliament in Adelaide, Kaurna Yerta, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. AAP Image/Morgan Sette

South Australia has joined eastern seaboard state leaders in calling on the federal government to reinstate pandemic leave payments, which ended on June 30.

This comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended his decision not to extend the pandemic leave payment, citing the trillion dollar debt his government inherited from the Morrison government.