Victorian business welcomed our next step closer to COVID Normal with Premier Daniel Andrews today announcing the well-earned progression in the COVID-19 Re-opening Roadmap for all of Victoria.

Victorian businesses have been the hardest hit in the nation by the COVID-19 pandemic and will be looking to the State Government to provide support and incentives to get back to business and grow jobs.

Victoria needs a plan for the future, not a plan to stay locked down. Until a vaccine is available, we have to learn to live with this virus, keep people safe, and allow our economy to recover quickly.

Today’s announcement by Premier Andrews to enforce the toughest COVID-19 restrictions yet marks the start of the biggest challenge Victorian businesses will ever face.

Today’s announcements on new restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria are the strongest limitations yet to apply to any Australian state in the COVID-19 crisis, with more pain for businesses set to be announced tomorrow.

While essential to controlling the recent spike in infections across Melbourne, today is a huge blow for thousands of businesses and their workers in Covid-19 hotspots forced to shut down their businesses again for the next four weeks.

Today’s Fair Work Commission decision to increase minimum wages by 1.75% in three stages from 1 July will cost Australian businesses more than $1.4 billion and is a dangerous misstep as we attempt to recover from the employment and economic impacts of COVID-19.

The Victorian Parliament’s passing of legislation to lift the moratorium on conventional onshore gas exploration is the right move to support Victorian business and help secure jobs.

As the nation responds to the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), NBN Co is responding to the shift in Australia’s internet usage patterns, with more and more people choosing to work, study, shop and stream content at home.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Victorian Chamber) and the Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) welcome the announcement by the Andrews Government of an additional $64 million bushfire recovery package for disaster declared areas across the State.

As part of our response, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (the Victorian Chamber) and the Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) have established a 12-month, $500,000 support package to assist businesses affected by the Victorian bushfires.

Six leading organisations representing Victorian workers, business, investors, community and the environment have joined forces for the first time to call for decisive and responsible Victorian Government action on climate change.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports action on climate change and urges all parties and governments to join business in a bipartisan effort to decarbonise the Australian economy.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomes the reintroduction of the Fair Work (Ensuring Integrity No. 2) Bill 2019 into the Parliament this morning.

A statement from: Mark Stone AM, Chief Executive, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Stephen Sheridan, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Farmers Federation; Fiona Nield, Executive Director Victoria, Housing Industry Association; Rebecca Casson, Chief Executive Officer, Master Builders Association of Victoria; Tim Piper, Head Victoria, Australian Industry Group

Victoria has one of the best health systems in the world and the state’s diverse health industry is leading the charge to secure further growth that will benefit all Victorians according to the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Health Industry Taskforce report, Vital to Victoria, released today.