The Acting Victorian Premier: James Merlino, has plunged Victoria back into a ‘Stage 4’ restrictions, for 7 days, as a ‘circuit breaker’ – to help stop the spread of the COVID virus (including the even more infectious ‘Indian’ strain). This starts just before midnight, Thursday 27 May 2021, and takes us straight back into the worst restrictions, we endured, during the ‘2nd wave’ last year, including a 5 km travel limit, all but approved businesses/work closed, and with a 5th reason, to leave home – namely to get vaccinated. This has little to do with tax, but seemed important enough, to get the key document out, and a summary of it.
See below for details.
The formal ‘Directions’ made by the Chief Health Officer, under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, are available on the DHHS website here – https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorias-restriction-levels-covid-19 . However, I can’t see any of these ‘directions’ that commence tonight (11.509pm Thursday 27.5.2021)
A detailed document was released, today by the Acting Premier, which can be viewed or downloaded, below. A summary is as follows.
Stay at home unless:
- shopping for necessary goods and services (one person per household, once per day, a support person can accompany if required)
- caregiving or compassionate reasons
- authorised work or permitted education, or work interstate
- exercise (up to two hours, with one other person or members of your household)
- receive a vaccination
- other specified reasons (specific exemptions apply)
Intrastate travel: Travel limit of 5km from place of primary residence, except:
- to access necessary goods and services where those goods and services cannot be accessed closer than 5kms from home.
- to visit an intimate partner
- to visit a person in your “single bubble”
- allowed to travel for authorised work and permitted education
- work at an interstate location (where permitted by another state)
- care and compassionate reasons (specific exemptions apply)
Face coverings:
- Must be carried at all times
- Must be worn indoors and outdoors except if at home, or if an exemption applies
Private gatherings: Not permitted, intimate partner visits / single bubble permitted
Public gatherings: Not permitted
Work:
- If you can work from home, you must work from home
- Authorised workplaces and workers defined below (in the attached Table)
RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCED BY THE ACTING PREMIER (JAMES MERLINO)
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Victorian Premier’s website: 27.5.2021 Statement