BREAKING: Bars and restaurants will take their operations to the streets this summer under a $100 million package designed to prop up Melbourne's hospitality sector and arts community. coronavirus COVID19 COVID19Vic covid19victoria
"The $100 million to support the city, given the unique burden it carries, is a very important partnership and one that will make a real difference as we push through this and get to the other side," Mr Andrews said.
There, indoor dining is banned but footpaths, lanes and even some streets have been transformed into open-air bars, cafes and restaurants.The Premier said the state government was keen to avoid unnecessary "bureaucratic delays" in allowing businesses to move their operations outside. Outside the CBD, a further $87.5 million outdoor hospitality support package will offer support to suburban hospitality businesses for training, advertising and practical support to help them move onto footpaths and lanes.
It showed the Andrews government's decision last month to move from stage three to stage four restrictions will cost the city's economy $61 billion over five years – although the modelling did not take into account the economic or health impacts of a worsening pandemic. Under the government's plan to leave lockdown, hospitality businesses will be able to reopen for limited dining and retail businesses will reopen from October 26 if the 14-day COVID-19 case average has fallen to five or fewer, with no more than five cases of an unknown origin.Restaurants and bars will be able to apply for funding for outdoor seating, and screens to separate dining areas, and set up their operations on footpaths and some streets in the CBD.
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