Australia to end emergency Covid income support as vaccine rates rise

Australia Treasurer

Australia Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Wednesday that the government has decided it is time for emergency Covid payments “to come to an end,” as vaccination rates rise and people around the world return to “their normal lives.”

Speaking to Australia’s Seven News, Frydenberg unveiled the government’s decision despite the country’s two biggest cities, Melbourne and Sydney, remaining under lockdown, alongside the nation’s capital Canberra.

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