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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told concerned small business owners the minimum wage increase will help support their employees who are "really struggling" amid pressures of the rising cost of living affecting the lowest paid workers in Australia.
Key business groups in New South Wales and Victoria are calling for an easing of isolation rules for household contacts of COVID-19 cases.
Businesses are calling for the easing of the isolation requirement for household contacts of people with COVID. They say it's creating staff shortages and want close contacts to continue working.
One in five businesses say they can't survive another month of Sydney lockdown The uncertainty of the length of the latest lockdown is creating new problems With less government support, the current shutdown is having a bigger impact Four lockdowns have crippled Melbourne's world famous city life culture Now business leaders fear a similar fate awaits Sydney if lockdown is extended