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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
‘Ring of steel’ to protect regional Victorians STATE Member for Northern Victoria, Wendy Lovell, and Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, are calling on the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, to ensure non-essential travel out of Melbourne is policed effectively. The calls came as the Government passed new laws that allow police to fine people up to $4,957 who try to travel to regional Victoria from metroplitan Melbourne without an appropriate reason. Continued on page 10
GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS... Local brewers, from left, Rhys Porter and James Thomson at Wild Life Brewing on Maude Street, Shepparton mix with pleased customer, Tye Dixon, as they start to develop their alfresco dining capabilities. Photo: Steve Hutcheson
Taking it outdoors By Steve Hutcheson WITH summer on the way and the fact the Goulburn Valley has some of the best weather in the world, the prospect of some of our businesses opening up to alfresco dining comes as a welcome relief for many
business owners who have been hard hit by the pandemic. That being said, there a still a number of hurdles these small businesses will have to overcome, largely with managing their resources in expanding their dining
capabilities. There are the chairs and tables to purchase, umbrellas to provide shade where it is not available, outdoor heating if it becomes necessary and barriers to separate passing traffic from diners. Continued on page 10