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Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox says the extension of Victoria’s emergency powers has bleak ramifications for business as it indicates the state’s reopening timeline will be pushed further back.

| Mr Willox said extending the state’s emergency powers “sends a terrible signal" to businesses and the community more broadly. "The state will remain closed for business; it’s not going to be open for investment. Who would invest in a state of emergency?” he said. “Victoria is in a very dark, bleak place." Victoria Jobs Minister Martin Pakula held talks with industry groups about launching a program assisting businesses with re-opening.

"Where's the spark going to come from? Are they thinking about things like payroll tax holidays. What incentives are they looking at for business. How are they going to get young people back into the workplace? "All of these things government can give direction to but until they give direction business is sort of stuck." Treasury estimated this week 60 per cent of the 2.

 

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This is the biggest fraud of the century.

This is absurd. WHO confirms asymptomatic spread is extremely rare. Elsewhere deaths are close to historic norms & (outside of long-term care facilities) the IFR is very low. There's no justification for Andrews regime's hard, blanket lockdown targetting the entire population.

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