Moomba festival on Labour Day weekend to go ahead after City of Melbourne backflip
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Melbourne s annual Moomba festival has been revived after an announcement was made yesterday that it would be cancelled.
Key points: Lord Mayor Sally Capp acknowledged it was a mistake to cancel the long weekend event She said the festival would be spread out across Melbourne including in the city laneways
The City of Melbourne had blamed COVID-19 restrictions and the recent five-day lockdown for the cancellation of the annual Labour Day festival along the banks of the Yarra River.
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Melbourne Lord Mayor pushes for support after dire lockdown 15 February 2021
Speaking on Nine s
Today program this morning, Capp described the current five-day snap lockdown as dire for many businesses.
Capp is calling for all levels of government to support businesses, pointing out retailers have now also missed the lucrative Valentine s Day and Lunar New Year trading period. They are making decisions every day about whether they are going to be able to open their doors and keep people in employment.
“That’s why calling out for that comprehensive package is so important.
“We did feel like we were moving into revival and we are very much back into asking for a survival package to make sure that Melbourne can be open for business.”
Sky News host Paul Murray says banning ANZAC Day marches and dawn service events due to coronavirus concerns is a “double standard”.
Mr Murray said the cancelation may also be premature if current cases in Victoria are gone by April 25.
“The worst place in the country is Victoria right now and it’s only not even the middle of February, that’s ten cases and those ten cases will be come and gone by the time we get to the 25th of April,” he said.
The decision to cancel the march – which was made by Victoria RSL – was backed by political leaders, including Veteran’s Affairs Minister Darren Chester.
“We can still pay our respects in a very appropriate way,” Mr Chester told the Herald Sun.
Mr Murray said it appeared commercial events such as football were given more COVID-19 freedoms than free events such as Anzac Day.
Correction: An earlier version of this article attributed the decision to cancel Anzac Day marches to Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp. This was in
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A Victorian senator has told thousands of Melbourne Invasion Day demonstrators that Australia s Indigenous people need a treaty, not more symbolic gestures.
About 5000 masked protesters marched in Melbourne s CBD on Australia Day, moving in staggered COVID-safe units from Parliament House toward Flinders Street.
They chanted Always was, always will be Aboriginal land and No pride in genocide while holding placards and Aboriginal flags.
Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman elected in September, said Australia needed a treaty to resolve the war that was declared on our people almost 250 years ago .
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