Residents of Metropolitan Melbourne are permitted to travel to regional Victoria for work on the condition they hold a valid workers permit and are accountable to coronavirus restrictions imposed in CBD areas.
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed Melbourne residents could travel to regional Victoria for work and were not "bound by the permitted industries requirements in Melbourne”. Mr Andrews said some restrictions remained in place, including the rule enforcing people to work from home where possible. Workers travelling to their place of employment in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria would still require a valid workers permit.
"The worker permit allows the employer to issue a permit to a worker who lives in Metropolitan Melbourne,” the Premier said. “When a person from Metropolitan Melbourne is in regional Victoria, the Metropolitan Melbourne restrictions apply to them, even though they're not in Metropolitan Melbourne, the rules follow them to their work in regional Victoria. “For example, they can't be going out to a restaurant for dinner.
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