[Source: ABC News]

Australian Prime Minister has announced an increase to the emergency disaster payment for people who have lost up to 20 hours of work, due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney.

Scott Morrison also announced payment to businesses that could demonstrate a 30 per cent decline in turnover.

The new payment will cost half a billion dollars a week, which will be funded equally by the NSW government and the Commonwealth.

It is expected to apply to businesses employing a total of 3 million workers in NSW.