Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Paul Guerra says the Victorian government needs to provide businesses in the state a roadmap showing how to navigate through the phases of the state's reopening.
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Paul Guerra says the Victorian government needs to provide businesses in the state a roadmap showing how to navigate through the phases of the state's reopening. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he would reveal Victoria’s long-awaited re-opening plans over the coming weekend.
“Business needs certainty in terms of the roadmap, not only on how they initially open up, but how they can accelerate through whatever phases are put in place until we’re fully open,” Mr Guerra told Ms Credlin. “The second thing, as you rightly point out, there will be outbreaks. "There’s no vaccine, there will be outbreaks. "So how do we deal with that without having to shut the whole state down? “The third part is we need confidence in the contact tracing system in Victoria.
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