NT shuts borders to Victorians 'indefinitely' as queues of cars line up to cross into NSW. Follow our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic:
Melbourne City Council has been inundated with 30,000 applications from struggling businesses for financial support since the state's first lockdown, but has handed out just 12,000 so far.program this morning, fears what Melbourne's second lockdown will mean for businesses in her city.
"This is painful. It's absolutely awful for so many reasons, and it's going to impact everybody. But we need to keep listening to that health advice." "We were talking about the level of support that's needed. Already, extensive support has come through federal and state governments into local economies. [But] we are going to need help to kick-start our economy," she said."Some of the measures would be, what is going to happen with JobKeeper? How do we maintain support for landlords and their support for tenants? What can we do for structural reform? Now is the time to talk about reforms to help businesses.
Victoria's three A-League clubs will remain in their home state while Football Federation Australia seeks to gain exemptions for the teams to enter NSW to continue their season, after another attempt to get out failed on Tuesday night.
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