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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

‘Here to get things done’: Daniel Andrews prepares for battle over paid sick leave

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews: ‘If you haven’t got a reform agenda, you haven’t got an agenda at all.’
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews: ‘If you haven’t got a reform agenda, you haven’t got an agenda at all.’ Photograph: Jackson Gallagher/The Guardian

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is muscling up for another fight with business and the federal government as he pushes forward with Australia’s first paid sick-leave trial for those in insecure employment.

The $246m trial announced on Monday will run for two years and will mean 150,000 eligible casual and contract workers in certain occupations will receive up to five days a year of sick or carer’s pay at the national minimum wage.

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