The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Tuesday: Nearly half of Australia’s aged care homes grapple with outbreaks as the government defends missing its booster rollout deadline. Plus what’s new to streaming this month

At the national Australia Day ceremony in 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke of the contribution by frontline workers during the pandemic. He mentioned health workers, the defence forces, the police and farmers, as well as “the truck drivers, the wholesale and the retail workers keeping our supermarket shelves stocked”.

Aged care workers will receive bonus payments as the federal government moves to shore up the sector hit hard by the ongoing wave of Omicron infections.

Scott Morrison will continue to tip out large dollops of money when he addresses the National Press Club on Tuesday, with his theme “building national resilience”.

Federal intervention looks more likely using special powers that would almost certainly trigger legal action

Australia's federal government will offer extra payments to aged care staff as over 1,200 nursing homes deal with COVID-19 outbreaks that have caused hundreds of deaths of elderly residents this year and staff shortages.

Prime minister announces bonuses of up to $800 for more than 230,000 staff but union says ‘trinkets are not required when diamonds are needed’

Aged care workers will receive two bonus payments totalling up to $800 by early May, as part of government support for the sector.

With COVID deaths in aged care mounting and reports of neglect of residents due to acute workforce shortages, Scott Morrison on Monday announced bonus payments totalling up to $800 for staff.