Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Paul Guerra has called on the Victorian government to reveal what the plan is for when Melbourne’s stage four lockdowns are finished in three weeks.
Melbourne’s stage four lockdown is set to be lifted on September 13 and the state government has not provided any clarity about what will happen when the lockdown is lifted.
“We’re less than three weeks away now … what businesses now need is the certainty around September 13,” Mr Guerra told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “What does the plan look like to not only get out of this current phase, but what is the sign posting that means that we can go – if in fact we go to stage three- how do we get to stage two and ultimately how do we get out of this.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Victorian Liberal leader welcomes Bastiaan resignation | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Opposition leader Michael O’Brien says former Liberal powerbroker Marcus Bastiaan’s resignation is “the right outcome”.\n\nMr Bastiaan resigned from the party after allegations of branch stacking.\n\nA Nine network report claims Mr Bastiaan directed taxpayer funded electoral offices to boost factional numbers by recruiting Liberal Party members.\n\nMr Bastiaan denies the allegations but concedes comments aired in the report were foolish and stupid.\n\n“Those activities are just not acceptable in the Liberal Party, and the Liberal Party has taken action,” Mr O’Brien said.\n\n“Mr Bastiaan is gone and that’s the right outcome.”\n
Read more »
Australia is heading towards the ‘dictatorship of the health bureaucrat’ | Sky News AustraliaNSW One Nation leader Mark Latham says Australia runs the risk of the “dictatorship of the health bureaucrat”.\n\nMr Latham said state and federal health officials have been pushing policy throughout the coronavirus crisis.\n\n“(They) are handing out advice and pushing society around in a way where the health consequences are much more damaging than the virus itself,” he told Sky News host Alan Jones.\n\nImage: Getty
Read more »
Stellar McCormack-Morrison performance to make Nationals leadership coup unlikely | Sky News AustraliaNationals Senator Matt Canavan says rumours of a National party leadership coup are unsupported and unlikely to upset the McCormack-Morrison duo.\n\nThere are reports senior Nationals MPs and party figures are once again mounting a destabilisation campaign against Michael McCormack to transition him out of the party leadership following the Queensland election.\n\nSpeaking of the Nationals leadership spill earlier in the year, Mr Canavan said “ever since we had the decision made back in early February on the leadership, I’ve just been focused on outcomes.”\n\n“I’ve fought very hard with my Nationals colleagues on issues like regional airport funding and border closures and today again we’ve got another victory on university reforms”.\n\n“They are all things that have been delivered under the leadership of Morrison and McCormack and that’s what I’m supporting now.\n\n“When a football team is winning games on the field you don’t change your captain or your coach?' he asked.\n\n“I think the leadership being shown by Scott Morrison and Michael McCormack through the coronavirus and dealing with a raft of other issues has been a stellar one and I can’t see that changing before the election”.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »
Medical examination indicates Alexi Navalny was poisoned | Sky News AustraliaA medical examination of Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has indicated he was the victim of poisoning. \n\nThe long-time opponent of Vladimir Putin fell severely ill on-board a Moscow flight after drinking a cup tea and remains in a serious condition, facing possible long-term effects. \n\nMr Navalny was airlifted to Germany for testing and doctors treated him with atropine, which was the same antidote used in the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury. \n\nOfficials have not yet identified the specific poisoned used. \n\nImage: AP
Read more »
Albanese takes credit for govt coronavirus response | Sky News AustraliaOpposition Leader Anthony Albanese says the Labor party has used Australia’s democratic processes to force the Morrison government to implement the necessary measures to help people through the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Albanese said the Labor party had two main responsibilities, to 'constructively work towards securing improved health and economic outcomes' and to 'hold the government to account'.\n\n“There are two themes behind our approach: during the pandemic; 'no one left behind' and during the recovery ‘no one held back’,” he said.\n\n“Whether it be the closure of borders, whether it be social distancing measures, whether it be testing and whether it be the search for a vaccination, on each and every issue Labor has been out there ahead of the government”.\n\nThe Opposition leader said Labor had sought to ensure no one had been held back in terms of health outcomes during the coronavirus crisis.\n\n“We argued the case for youth allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY recipients to receive support and we got it.”\n\n“We argued the case for family allowance to take into account two-income families so that many more people got support and we got it”.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »