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AUSTRALIA: The weekend saw BBG note that "about 3,000 people quarantined in

public-housing tower blocks in Melbourne will get hardship payments and their

rent will be suspended, Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews said on Sunday.

Residents of the buildings who have jobs but are unable to work because of the

lockdown will receive a hardship payment of A$1,500 ($1,040) per household,

while families with no one employed will get a A$750 check, Andrews said at a

press conference. The state government's announcement Saturday marked the

toughest coronavirus control measures in Australia to date, with police moving

in overnight to cordon off nine public-housing towers for at least five days in

an effort to test every resident following a week of surging case counts."