Victorian Businesses Deserve Exit Strategy From Lockdown That Is Causing ‘Needless Damage’: Industry

Victorian Businesses Deserve Exit Strategy From Lockdown That Is Causing ‘Needless Damage’: Industry
The Fearless Girl Statue in Federation square is seen with a face-mask on June 5, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Victorian businesses require and deserve an immediate exit strategy from the current Victorian lockdowns, which is causing “needless economic, mental health, and health damage,” Australia’s peak industry body said.

“There appears to be no justification to keep an entire city of 5 million people in a prolonged lockdown for a handful of connected cases each day,” Australian Industry Group (AiG) CEO Innes Willox said in a statement in June 5.