If you’ve lost work in Victoria’s coronavirus lockdown, how are you surviving?

An almost deserted street in Melbourne. Without jobkeeper payments, there are concerns about how casual and insecure workers will fare during the latest coronavirus lockdown in Victoria. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Victoria is in lockdown until Thursday, leaving many casual workers out of pocket and without support from the federal government.

During the last three lockdowns, federal income support in the form of jobkeeper and an increased jobseeker payment was available, but jobkeeper ended on 1 March.

The Victorian treasurer, Tim Pallas, has announced $250m in economic support for businesses and has criticised the federal government for not offering direct income support for workers.

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Centrelink does offer a one-off payment for people who have to isolate or quarantine for 14 days following exposure to Covid-19, but that doesn’t cover people who just can’t work due to lockdown.

If you are in casual or insecure work we want to know how you are coping.

Let us know how you are getting by, and what assistance you need to get through until Thursday – and possibly beyond, if the lockdown or trading restrictions are extended.

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