Restaurateur Chris Lucas says six million Victorians potentially face an economic and mental health disaster they’ve never seen before.
His comments come after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s announcement on Sunday of a roadmap to recovery which extended Melbourne’s stage four lockdown for another 2 weeks. The announcement delivered a hard blow to restaurants as they learnt they won’t be able to open their doors until at least the 23rd of November, and only then if there were zero cases in the state.
“I think that we’re in a perilous state,” Mr Lucas told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “We had hoped, and we had asked for a plan, a plan to get out of this mess. “What we got yesterday was quite the opposite. We got a plan that, quite frankly, is a death knell to our industry. “I’m really fearful for our industry. “I think potentially up to 30-40 per cent of restaurants and cafes across Victoria won’t survive this lockdown.
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