Transport workers and trade unions are criticising amended isolation rules in Queensland and New South Wales that allow essential workers in industries such as groceries and freight to keep working if they are classed as close contacts.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ Acting Secretary Liam O’Brien said unions were “really concerned that workers who could be COVID-19 positive are going to be sent back into workplaces”.
“This could not only impact the health and safety of workers in those supply chains but could ultimately become a futile exercise and quite short-sighted if all we end up with is increasing case numbers and supply chains that ultimately cause further complications in weeks coming.”
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