Australia's richest footrace Stawell Gift on hold drawing a pall over busy Easter business

Business owners in western Victoria are worried the postponement and potential cancellation of the Stawell Gift will force them to close as regional Victoria grapples with an unprecedented economic crisis.

This week the Stawell Athletic Club decided to postpone the annual Easter event because of the COVID-19 pandemic."If the Gift doesn't happen this year it would be something like the third time it hasn't run," he said.Mr Blizzard said the three-day athletics carnival brings in more than $5 million to western Victoria's economy.

"I think it's going to impact the community pretty heavily and that is a disaster for this area," he said.The mayor of the Northern Grampians Shire, Murray Emerson, said the community's health was the main priority. "It's very disappointing, but our thoughts are with our community's wellbeing more than anything else," Mr Emerson said.The Stawell Gift has had an uncertain future during the past 12 months as the Stawell Athletic Club and Victorian GovernmentEarlier this year, the club and the Government resolved a stalemate and agreed on a new funding package.

Rethink the headline. ”drawing a pall over busy Easter business”. Stop being the prop arm for a government unwilling to admit we are in a crisis. Its not an events’ fault that they are doing a sensible precaution. The economy can wait.

Surely they run to fast to catch the Coronavirus🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Singapore Singapore Latest News, Singapore Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Qld govt to announce half a billion in stimulus for business | Sky News AustraliaThe Queensland government is set to announce a half a billion dollars in stimulus on Tuesday in an effort to help businesses stay open and retain staff.\n\nBusinesses will be able to apply for 12 month interest free loans up to $250,000 and a six month payroll tax deferral for small and medium businesses to cover all Qld businesses. \n\nQld Treasurer Jackie Trad said the government stimulus was vital to keep the economy afloat. \n\nShe confirmed about 300 business had so far applied for the tax deferral. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Why only 1/2 billion!!!! NSW VIC stimulus packages are around 3 billion dollars. Just shows how bad Queensland State is with this Labor Government 👎🏻👎🏻😡
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »