Australia to pay people 1500 dollars if they test positive for COVID19

I’d be first in line

Sign me up. College kids dream. Go party with your friends on the weekend. Catch it. Get paid. Easy money.

I’m going to need more than $300 to voluntarily take that horrendous test.

frick THAT

story is from July

Article from July. Melbourne has had zero cases or deaths from COVID-19 in the last 30 days. Obviously they did something right.

The title makes it sound like an incentive

first paragraph shows was a subsidiary if you didn’t get sick pay to ensure you don’t go to work while positive.

Their GDP only shrank 7% in Q2 and they aren’t far off normality now outside of international travel so let’s not act like they’ve screwed the pooch here.

That’s what I would say. Party it up Friday and collect my payment Monday? Yes please

You left out an important part:

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However, they will only get paid if they are employed and do not have sick leaves to fall on back on.

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July 23??

Yea- seems a good alternative to any symptom getting you booted from work unpaid for weeks or requiring doctor visits to return.

How many $10 an hour employees living pay check to pay check do you think actually volunteer symptoms or contacts for that punishment?

I took one just the other day (before I visited my mother) and it was no big deal.
The swab only went a little ways up your nose and was barely noticeable.