Union calls for end to queues as Services Australia inundated with claims for Covid disaster payments

Doug Dingwall
Updated July 22 2021 - 2:49pm, first published 4:30am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was receiving 70,000 claims for financial help each day during the nation's Covid lockdowns. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was receiving 70,000 claims for financial help each day during the nation's Covid lockdowns. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The federal government is facing calls to reduce Centrelink queues as the agency delivering welfare payments is inundated with claims from workers requesting financial support amid the nation's Covid lockdowns.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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