News & Views
11th June 2021
Helping Victorian Businesses to Stay Safe
FROM 11:59PM THURSDAY 10 JUNE
Metropolitan Melbourne
- The five reasons to leave home will no longer apply. The existing 10-kilometre limit will be increased to 25 kilometres
- Face masks are required inside and outdoors
- Cafes, restaurants and pubs will open – with strict safety measures like density limits, seated service and QR codes in place
- Retail will open – with density limit and QR codes
- Hairdressing, beauty and personal care can resume, but only for services where face masks can be kept on
- Weddings will be limited to 10 people, and funerals no more than 50. Fifty will also be the limit on religious gatherings
- Swimming pools, entertainment venues and community facilities will also open subject to density limits
- Community sport can happen, but only for training
- If you can work from home, you should
Regional Victoria
- Public outdoor gatherings will be limited to 20 people
- Capacity limits will increase at restaurants, entertainment venues, community facilities and religious gatherings
- Indoor sport, including gyms, will reopen with limits on the number of people permitted at any point in time
Electronic record keeping - key changes
The Victorian Government has announced the intention to move to compulsory QR code check-ins for all workplaces, with some limited exceptions.
DJPR will be consulting with industry on these plans over the coming days and further details will be announced soon
Current requirements include:
- Every customer-facing business must use the free Victorian Government QR Code Service to check-in customers, workers and all other visitors. A complete list of sectors where this is mandatory is available here.
- Venues can now check in guests who don’t have a smartphone via the Kiosk check-in function. This lets staff enter a customer’s name and contact phone number electronically making it easier for contact tracers to contact people quickly if an outbreak occurs.
Business Support
- The Business Costs Assistance Program provides businesses in eligible sectors payments of up to $7,000
- A further $2000 top-up payment will be available to businesses in metropolitan Melbourne, that are closed due to extended restrictions announced today
- Around 3,700 businesses will be eligible for the top-up payment including: gyms, dance schools and yoga studios
- New injection amounts to $8.4 million. This takes total support for businesses beyond $500 million
- Applications for the Business Costs Assistance Program are open.
- More information is available at business.vic.gov.au
- Sole traders not registered for GST should check if they are eligible for the Australian Government’s COVID-19 Disaster Payment for people affected by restrictions, announced on 4 June. For more information, please visit servicesaustralia.gov.au
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Getting tested and COVID-19 Vaccines
- All Victorians over the age of 40 are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine
- For more information on how to book your vaccine appointment, visit the Coronavirus website
- If you are feeling unwell do not go to work. Anyone with symptoms should get tested immediately
- The list of testing sites includes wait times
- If you are worried you will lose pay while you wait for your results you may be eligible for a $450 COVID-19 Test Isolation Payment
Download Information Pack here