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A joint proposal by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Business NSW would create a border bubble once both states hit at 70 per cent vaccination and fully open the border at 80 per cent.

Business groups in Victoria and New South Wales are calling for the state border to reopen once 80% of both populations are vaccinated.

The surge in pandemic-related advertising is helping underpin buoyancy in the market, thanks in no small part to government vaccination campaigns.

Supermarket chains, fast-food franchisees and take-away outlets risk disruption next week as a result of the NSW government’s new staff vaccination requirements.

Small construction businesses fear industry shutdown won’t end on time Samuel Tastzidis, owner of Above Building in Sydney. Source: Facebook. Small businesses in Sydney’s construction industry doubt the NSW government will lift the ban on building early, despite lobbying efforts by industry groups to get businesses operating as soon as possible. On Wednesday, Business NSW chief executive Daniel Hunter called on the state government to lift the two-week shutdown of Sydney’s construction i...

The entire construction industry will be closed, essential businesses have been defined for the first time, meaning hundreds of others will have to close, and the residents of three local government areas in Sydney’s south-west will be unable to leave unless they are health or emergency services workers. A man in his 80s from south-western Sydney has died, the second death of the outbreak, while 75 people remain in hospital, 18 in intensive care, six requiring a ventilator. “We want t...

A public health alert has been issued after a large number of new sites across Sydney were exposed to coronavirus - along with a busy truck stop in northern NSW. The Ampol service station truck stop at Chinderah is just minutes from the Queensland border and southern Gold Coast.  Among the new locations listed in Sydney by NSW Health on Saturday evening are a butcher shop in Lakemba - the centre of Sydney south-west which is of particular concern to health officials.  Other venues of concer...

Share Share on Twitter When Nick Abraham got an unexpected phone call from his mum on Saturday morning, he ignored it. But the builders inbox was soon inundated with messages and emails about the looming shutdown of construction in Greater Sydney from Monday until 30 July. READ MORE Just over two hours after the announcement by the Premier, he was back on-site with a small crew of employees and subcontractors, wrestling with a tarp in windy conditions to seal...

One in five businesses say they cant survive another month of Sydney lockdown The uncertainty of the length of the latest lockdown is creating new problems With less government support, the current shutdown is having a bigger impact Four lockdowns have crippled Melbournes world famous city life culture  Now business leaders fear a similar fate awaits Sydney if lockdown is extended 

More than 40 per cent of NSW firms say skill shortages are taking a toll on their business as economic disruptions caused by the pandemic-induced slump in overseas migration become increasingly apparent.