Staff in Melbourne's growing coronavirus 'hotspots' lose contracted work at Services Australia offices

Australia's international borders are unlikely to fully reopen until a vaccine is found for COVID-19, outgoing Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says.
Some workers engaged by Services Australia, which runs Centrelink, have been encouraged to look into whether they qualify for unemployment benefits after being told to stay home because they live or work in one of Melbourne's coronavirus hotspots.

Key points:
Services Australia says the contract workers have been asked to stay at home as a result of health advice
The staff were paid up until Wednesday, but it was unclear when they would return to other shifts
Community transmission of COVID-19 has been on the rise in some suburbs in the six "hotspot" areas
Victoria has seen a recent surge in coronavirus infections, with each of the past nine days recording double-digit increases in case numbers.

The outbreaks led the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) to on Sunday designate six Melbourne "hotspots", encouraging people not to travel to and from the local government areas.
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-26/contractors-in-melbourne-coronavirus-hot-spots-told-not-to-work/12392526
A queue of people stretches down York Street in South Melbourne, starting at the entrance to a Centrelink building.

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