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Aged care payments criticised as sugar hit

Scott Morrison says cash bonuses for aged care workers were effective when used previously. (AAP)

Government plans to gift aged care workers two lots of $400 cash bonuses has been criticised as a "sugar hit" that does little to improve the sector.

As aged care staff struggle to deal with rising cases of COVID-19 linked to the Omicron variant in residential facilities, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese accused the government of neglecting staff.

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