Mr Pallas said his federal counterpart, Josh Frydenberg, told the state that because construction was not on the previously agreed-upon list of industries, it would not be eligible for support during its two-week shutdown.
However, Mr Pallas said it was "blatant favourable treatment for New South Wales, not being returned to Victoria when we faced the exact same situation that New South Wales did".It is not the first time that Mr Pallas has used a business support announcement to take aim at the Commonwealth. In May, he said he was angry and disappointed about support measures during the state's fourth lockdownNot long afterwards, the Commonwealth announced its disaster payments scheme to replace JobKeeper and started splitting the cost of business support payments with the states.The ABC has contacted Mr Frydenberg for comment.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Commonwealth had "showered the states in cash when it comes to the health system, to support them through COVID, when it comes to supporting their industries and economies, whether it be JobKeeper or the more recent economic supports or the COVID Disaster Payment".
"The Commonwealth has more than stepped up when it has come to steering and carrying state economies through this crisis. Their job is to get the public hospitals ready to go," he said on Friday.WatchWhat you need to know about coronavirus:
That’s the Socialist way. Someone else pays.
Serves you right 🤣
Hard luck , anything to cover up what’s going on down there
You had job keeper last year when you stuffed up by shutting down the with the alpha variant. NSW plugged away for months managing it until delta hit and now recieve support Your state stuffed up again due to delta and are getting more support. Deflect and Blame
Trying to distract Vic from the real issues
Do not get the vaccination. It's all BIG LIE!'
Absolute pointless shutting it down, Dan and the government just wanted to show how powerful they are
Today’s Covid numbers the worst ever. Response? Blame and deflect.
Sorry but boo fcking hoo. Might have felt sorry for them before 'let's do smoko in the middle of the road'
No redoes Tim. You guys stuffed this up putting too short a time frame on workers needing to get vaxxed. Disclaimer: not an acknowledgment or acceptance by me that construction workers should even need to mandatory vaccinated, but that's another story.