Victorian lockdown: A further $201.8 million pledged in business support Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. Source: AAP/James Ross. Further support payments of $2,000 or $3,000 will be available to small businesses affected by the Victorian lockdown, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced. As part of a $201.8 million package, businesses that were eligible for the payments for the last lockdown, which ran for two weeks over the end of May and beginning of June, will automatically receive the ‘top-up’ payments. Hospitality venues — those that were eligible for the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund —will receive $3,000. Those that were eligible for the Business Costs Assistance Program will receive $2,000.