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Victoria’s health minister, Martin Foley, has announced a workplace inspector blitz on high-risk workplaces, with cafes, restaurants and retail now reopened with restrictions in place including around the number of patrons allowed in venues, while masks are still required.
Foley said police and 600 authorised officers would be part of the blitz this weekend, along with workplace inspectors.
It’s all about making sure that we stay safe, and stay open. There’s substantial resources from across Victoria police who are standing up extra resources over the course of the weekend. The authorised officers are from the department of health and human services, getting close to 600 officers. Early in our reopening it is just to reinforce the message that for providers to stay open, they need to stay safe and follow the rules.
From AAP:
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has ramped up pressure on her WA and Queensland counterparts to follow Tasmania’s lead in reopening borders to avoid the “devastating impact” of job losses.
The nation’s most populous state recorded just one new case of the virus in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, and only 10 cases – one with an unknown source – have been recorded in the past seven days.
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