MEDIA RELEASE 29 Mar 2020

Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Women, Assistant Minister for Health, Minister for Families and Social Services More help will be given to millions of Australians battling the devastating impacts of coronavirus with a $1.1 billion package which boosts mental health services, domestic violence support, Medicare assistance for people at home and emergency food…

COVID-19 Health Resources

The truth, resources – https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-resources COVID-19 infection control training This 30-minute online training module is for health care workers in all settings, but is open to anyone. It covers the fundamentals of infection prevention & control for COVID-19. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covid-19-infection-control-training

Income support for individuals

Australian Government Fact Sheet The Government is temporarily expanding eligibility to income support payments and establishing a new, time-limited Coronavirus supplement to be paid at a rate of $550 per fortnight. This supplement will be paid to both existing and new recipients of the eligible payment categories. These changes will apply for the next six…