Small businesses are losing thousands because of Victoria’s ‘no dancing’ rules
Under current restrictions in Victoria, indoor dancefloors within hospitality and entertainment venues are not allowed — but the restriction doesn’t apply to weddings.
Freedom day: What Melbourne businesses can learn from Sydney about reopening
Melbourne small businesses are preparing to reopen and if last week’s surge in retail spending in New South Wales is any indication of how things will play out, getting staffing right is key.
“We were fully booked out”: Victorian hospitality businesses call for compensation after being hit with sixth COVID-19 lockdown
Small businesses hit by Victoria’s sixth coronavirus shutdown are calling on the state government for compensation for losses they have experienced since the last state-wide lockdown ended nine days ago.
“When small business suffers, Australia suffers”: Jason Murphy on the cost of lockdowns
By this stage of the pandemic, weary small and medium business owners know the majority of the downside falls on them.
Victorian businesses are still waiting for payments from the previous two lockdowns, let alone lockdown 5.0
Premier Daniel Andrews has promised more support for locked down businesses. But some are still waiting on the cash promised last time.
Hospitality, retail and beauty services to reopen as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Melbourne
Restrictions in Melbourne will ease from midnight Thursday, as the state recorded one new local case of COVID-19.
Bandaids won’t work: We need a national plan to support small businesses in lockdown
Thousands of businesses and their employees are at risk while debate drags on about who does what and who pays for it.
Victorian lockdown shows why governments need ‘always-on’ support for SMEs
If there is always the possibility that a state will need to be locked down, there must also be a business support program that can be turned on immediately.
Retail and hospitality businesses to close again as Victoria enters strict five-day “circuit breaker” COVID-19 lockdown
Melbourne is headed into a five-day ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown, reintroducing some of the state’s strictest COVID-19 measures.
Peter Strong: Australia’s economic recovery depends on us all listening to each other
If we are to build a great economy again, we must listen to each other, says Peter Strong from the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia.
