Support for licensed bars, cafes, hotels and clubs across regional Victoria will continue through September, and other businesses in regional areas will.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has hinted the federal government would stop providing extra support to the states if state premiers kept imposing lockdowns with a high vaccination rate.
Furious Melbourne businesses say Victorian government red tape has pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy as more shops, cafes and gyms shut their doors for good in the state s sixth lockdown.