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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Daniel Hurst

Anthony Albanese accuses Morrison government of leaving business behind during Omicron wave

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has questioned why federal support had been withdrawn from businesses doing it tough during the latest Covid wave. On Sunday the Labor party released a new policy to increase Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capacity in medical essentials.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has questioned why federal support had been withdrawn from businesses doing it tough during the latest Covid wave. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Anthony Albanese has accused the federal government of failing to understand how badly small businesses are hurting during the Omicron wave, as the Coalition resists calls to provide extra economic support.

The Labor leader said businesses were suffering from a “void of national leadership” after the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, declared the government could not say yes “every time someone turns up and says I want money”.

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