State Government announces support package following circuit breaker
New support has been announced for small businesses, including sole traders, most impacted by the coronavirus circuit-breaker action.
The $143 million Circuit Breaker Support Package is expected to help more than 50,000 Victorian businesses, including restaurants, florists, confectioners, hairdressers, accommodation providers, musicians and performers.
The package contains four initiatives targeted at businesses, including small and micro businesses.
Details of the package can be seen below.
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- The new $92 million Business Costs Assistance Program will offer grants of $2,000 for eligible employing and non- employing businesses in the hospitality, food wholesaling, tourism, events and selected retail industries. Businesses with an annual payroll of up to $3 million will be eligible.
The latest round of Victoria s regional travel vouchers have been snapped up within 20 minutes, as tens of thousands of Victorians rushed online to grab one of the free coupons.
The second batch of 40,000 vouchers, which are redeemable for travel between January 27 and April 1, were made available on the Service Victoria website at 10am.
After just 20 minutes of going live, the website advised the allocation had been exhausted.
Victorians have snapped up all of the latest travel vouchers. (Supplied) The allocation of 40,000 vouchers as part of Round 2 of the Regional Travel Voucher Scheme has now been exhausted. Please try again when the next round opens at 10am on March 30 2021.
The Victorian government is giving out a second batch of $200 travel vouchers
Words by Talia Rinaldo
Register for a $200 voucher to spend on accommodation, attractions or tours in regional Victoria.
Following a successful first round, the Victorian government has announced the return of its scheme to encourage Victorians to holiday within their state by dishing out $200 travel vouchers. Explorers are able to register for the initiative from 10am on Wednesday January 20.
What you need to know
A second round of $200 Victorian travel vouchers is up for grabs
Successful applicants are able to redeem their voucher after they have travelled
The $28 million Regional Travel Voucher Scheme is part of the multi-pronged $465 million Victorian Tourism Recovery Package
The latest round of the Regional Travel Voucher Scheme opened today, with 40,000 travel vouchers for $200 helping boost tourism and support jobs across the state. The first round of …
Another 30,000 vouchers went in just 31 minutes today with no major website issues.
The website issues on Friday, where an internal server error surfaced within 30 seconds of when the first Victorians attempted to log on to the website, meant people struggled to apply all day, until the coupon allocation became exhausted in the mid-evening.
Heavy demand also saw the apply now button removed, as the website battled to cope with the onslaught of traffic.
Business Victoria on Saturday said the additional 30,000 vouchers would be made available as a show of good faith following the website chaos.
Dromana, a small town on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne.(Justin McManus/The Age)