Wage subsidies to help millions of Australian workers through the coronavirus storm are under the microscope as politicians return to Canberra.
MPs and senators have kicked off two weeks of federal parliamentary sittings with the Morrison government's JobKeeper scheme in the spotlight.
Labor has railed against the coalition's decision to end payments to 120,000 childcare workers months ahead of schedule.
The opposition fears other struggling sectors could soon be cut adrift.
The Transport Workers' Union is calling for JobKeeper to be extended for aviation workers beyond the September cut-off.
Union members demonstrating outside Parliament House also want the program extended to workers at foreign government-owned companies, like airline services provider dnata.
The proposal will come to a vote in the Senate on Wednesday.
While the government is opposed to the changes, Labor and the Greens will aim to get three crossbench senators to support the disallowance motion.
Labor will also vote against coronavirus-inspired changes to Australia Post deliveries, fearing the regulations will be made permanent once the pandemic passes.
Priority services have been suspended and Australia Post has been given five days to deliver intrastate letters.
Labor and the postal union are concerned the changes will lead to widespread job cuts.
Focus on the coronavirus pandemic has shifted dramatically from the health implications to the economic fallout.
There are no new cases of community transmission anywhere in Australia.
Just two new cases of coronavirus were detected in Australia on Tuesday, both returned travellers from overseas who are now in hotel quarantine.
Community sport for both adults and children in NSW will resume on July 1 after being halted due to coronavirus restrictions.
And all workers on a Queensland farm have tested negative to COVID-19 after being exposed to an interstate fruit-picker who was infected.
While 102 people have died from the disease nationally, more than 6700 have recovered from the 7267 infections.
The $60 billion JobKeeper forecast bungle was examined at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
Treasury boss Steven Kennedy took full responsibility for the scheme's cost being revised from $130 billion to $70 billion.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann refused to rule out kicking more people off JobKeeper or adjusting the rate for casuals when he appeared at the inquiry.
Dr Kennedy expects unemployment to hit eight per cent during September when JobKeeper is legislated to end.
That's better than the initial forecast of a 10 per cent jobless rate previously feared under more sustained coronavirus restrictions.
Australian Associated Press
