Victoria Premier Plays Down Food Shortage Fears During Stage 4 Lockdowns

Customers wait outside a Woolworths supermarket on in Sydney, Australia, March 17, 2020. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

The Morrison government has raised fears the reduction in warehouse and distribution capacity could sap supply in other parts of Australia.

But Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is adamant he has struck a delicate balance as the state enters the country’s harshest lockdown designed to squash a deadly coronavirus outbreak.