Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says Victoria provides very significant challenges for the job market and next week's Federal Budget will include the impact of Australians' growing need for JobSeeker.
Eight new cases were confirmed in WA, all crew members from a bulk carrier anchored off the state's north coast.
Here's what happened on Monday:
- Metropolitan Melbourne moved to the Second Step of its reopening roadmap. Here's what changed.
- New South Wales recorded its second consecutive day with no new COVID-19 cases.
- Five new cases were confirmed in Victoria with three more deaths.
- The total number of cases linked to the Patricia Oldendorff ship off Western Australia is now 17.
- Authorities say there's no infection risk from a 'weak-positive' test result in the Northern Territory.
- JobKeeper changes also came into effect. This is how payments changed.
- India surpassed 6 million COVID-19 cases, and experts fear it will overtake the US.
