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GOVV | UPDATING | Restrictions Victoria Wide | Thursday 5 August 2021 | from 8 pm

[Edited extract from public address]

From 8pm Thursday 5 August 2021 restrictions across Victoria changed.

Social gatherings, visitors and leaving home

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 COVID-19 vaccination
  • other specified reasons (specific exemptions apply)

Intrastate travel: Travel limit of 5km from place of primary residence, except: 
  • to return home
  • 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)

Vic-NSW Cross border community residents: NSW has been designated an extreme risk zone. Border community residents in an extreme risk zone can enter Victoria without a permit but only for the following permitted reasons:
  • necessary goods and services, including medical care and getting a COVID-19 test 
  • caregiving or compassionate reasons
  • paid or voluntary work
  • education (including childcare and early childhood services)
  • sport and exercise at a sporting club or at a physical recreation facility (excluding alpine resorts) 
  • visiting an intimate partner
  • moving house, inspecting a property or attending an auction
  • driving someone who cannot drive themselves for one of the above reasons
  • travelling between places in Victoria where it is easier to travel through NSW

Face coverings:
  • must be carried at all times
  • must be worn indoors and outdoors except if at home, or when visiting an intimate partner’s place of residence or if an
  • exemption applies

Private gatherings: Not permitted, intimate partner visits / single person bubble permitted

Public gatherings: Not permitted

Work: 

Education and childcare

  • Early learning centres, childcare, family day care: Open
  • Schools: Remote learning for most students but open to vulnerable children, and the children of authorised workers.
  • Higher education and training: Closed, remote learning only unless permitted study

Ceremonies and Religious Gatherings 

  • Religious gatherings and ceremonies: No in-person gatherings permitted.
  • Broadcast permitted for up to five people

Funerals

  • Funerals (indoor and outdoor): Permitted with no more than 10 people (and those necessary to conduct the funeral). 
  • Children under 12 months old are not counted towards this cap

Weddings

  • Weddings (indoor and outdoor): Not permitted unless end of life or for deportation reasons. 
  • Involves only 5 persons (including the two persons being married, celebrant, two witnesses)

Physical Recreation & Sport

Indoor:
  • Closed. (Hydrotherapy open for permitted purposes only).
  • Closed: Play centres, indoor skateparks, indoor trampolining centres.

Outdoor: 
  • Closed: Outdoor playgrounds, skateparks and gym equipment remain open

Creative Studios

  • Closed

Entertainment and Leisure

  • Indoor and Outdoor fixed seated entertainment: Closed Non-seated indoor venues: Closed
  • Non-seated outdoor venues: Closed
  • Arcades, escape rooms, bingo centres: Closed
  • Drive-in cinemas: Closed
  • Amusement parks: Closed
  • Casinos: Closed
  • Retail betting venue: Closed
  • Electronic gaming: Closed
  • Sex on premises, brothels and sexually explicit venues: Closed

Business function facilities and conference centres

  • Closed

Public events and business events

  • Events: Cannot proceed under these settings. 
  • Exception for professional sport where no crowds are present

General retail

  • Essential retail: Open, DQ 1 per 4sqm
  • Other/general retail: Closed (open for contactless click and collect only) 
  • Auction houses: Closed (open for online only)

Hairdressing, beauty, personal care

  • Closed

Hospitality

  • Open for take-away only

Accommodation

  • Closed unless for permitted reasons, or shelter in place. 
  • No new bookings except for authorised reasons

Real Estate Services

  • Inspections: Closed
  • Auctions: Closed (remote auctions only)

Tours and transport

  • Tourism spaces: Closed 
  • Tour transport: Closed

Care Facility Visitors

Visitor restrictions: For permitted purposes only, including:
  • To support residents under 18 years of age
  • As a nominated person under the Mental Health Act
  • To provide interpreter or informal language support
  • For learning to support the resident’s care upon discharge 
  • Non-essential contractors are restricted from entry
  • No more than two visitors per day.
  • A group may exceed the “two visitors at a time” rule if dependents of a visitor are in the group and care for the dependents cannot be arranged.

Hospital Visitors

Visitors restrictions: For permitted purposes only, including:
  • As a parent, guardian or carer of a child who is a patient in hospital
  • To provide care and support for the resident’s physical and emotional wellbeing • To support residents under 18 years of age
  • As a nominated person under the Mental Health Act
  • To provide interpreter or informal language support
  • For learning to support the resident’s care upon discharge
  • As a carer of a patient with a disability
  • Accompanying someone to the emergency department or outpatient clinic
  • As a partner of a pregnant woman or patient in a maternity ward
  • Non-essential contractors are restricted from entry
  • No more than two visitors per day. A group may exceed the “two visitors at a time” rule if dependants of a visitor are in the group and care for the dependants cannot be arranged.

Additionally

  • If you are experiencing family violence or violence by another person in the home, and you are at risk, safe accommodation and support for family violence is available. Call safe steps on 1800 015 188 or email safesteps@safesteps.org.au for help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Other ways to stay safe

  • Always wash your hands before you leave, and when you return home. 
  • Keep at least 1.5 metres between yourself and others.
  • Never, ever go out if you are unwell unless it is to get tested. 
  • After you get tested, you must go straight home. 
  • Remember that the most important thing you can do is get tested, even if you have the mildest of symptoms.
  • Get vaccinated if you are eligible.

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