Australia's business community has reacted angrily to Victoria's announced changes on Sunday.
Mr Andrews did flag that the next step could be brought forward, depending on case numbers across Victoria in the next week.
"There is no sound reason to continue the restrictions on business, especially with case numbers clearly on a downward trajectory." "The longer Victorian businesses are kept closed the greater the potential for deep economic and health damage across the state. Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia chief executive Peter Strong said in a statement that the Premier and Victorian government "obviously have no experience with business" after Sunday’s announcement.
From Monday, poultry processing facilities will increase the daily total workforce capacity to 90 per cent across all of Victoria, while abattoirs and meat processing facilities will increase the daily total workforce capacity to 80 per cent for metropolitan Melbourne and 90 per cent for regional Victoria.
"No balance between health and business survival- we are being left behind the rest of the country-federal government must intervene - we are COVIDSafe to open."
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