Page 24 - FINAL VERSION ---- Mar 2021_IPLANTS MAGAZINE_ Large (2) edit 0329

COVID-19

MELBORNE
MELBORNE

STYLE

ARTICLE BY CAMERON IDDLES
As 1st July approached and talk was centered around offices and businesses
reopening, things in Melbourne were pretty much the same as the rest of Australia

any clients had can- hen rumors started to elbournians had one hour and a night time
Mcelled, some had shut Tswirl around as Mel- Malready dealt with curfew was instigated from
us out of their offices, plant bourne cases increased compulsory face masks 8pm to 5am.
losses in cold and dark of- – would we go to Stage 3 and work from home if you n addition, for those few
fices had begun to mount lockdown or worse? Surely can, now virtually everyone Iable to work, permitted
and tending plants in ghost things wouldn’t get as would have to work from industries and essential ser-
like offices that we could bad as the dreaded New home, there was a limit on vices, a Permitted Worker
still access had become Zealand Lockdown our travelling no more than Permit scheme was set up.
the norm. BUT the talk was colleagues had suffered 5 km from your home, Employers issued these
positive and we had just through. Stage 3 lockdown no visitors, shopping for permits to staff and faced a
replaced all of the plants in was announced and soon food only and exercise business fine of $99,132 for
two big jobs, ready for the after Melbourne entered were restricted to the 5 km issuing a permit in breach
staff to return. Stage 4 lockdown, predict- limit, once per day for one of the scheme rules.
ed to last for 8 weeks. person per household for

23

MAKING THE NEW NORMAL BETTER