Income support for casual workers essential to avoid extended Sydney lockdown, unions say

Gladys Berejiklian has told workers in Sydney’s south-west to stay home but many are ‘at beck and call of employers’

The only way for Sydney to avoid a protracted lockdown is to provide income support to casual workers choosing between forgoing a wage or going to work while potentially infectious, unions say.

The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said on Monday key workers were leaving home with symptoms and unknowingly spreading the virus.

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