Wallington mum Wendy Sims pens plea to Daniel Andrews to ease lockdown for Mother’s Day
There is only one thing Wallington’s Wendy Sims wants for Mother’s Day – and she has her fingers crossed the Premier can deliver.
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There is only one thing Wendy Sims wants for Mother’s Day – and she has her fingers crossed the Premier can deliver.
The 61-year-old Wallington grandmother, who recently lost her job, has written a heartfelt plea to Daniel Andrews asking him to bring forward the easing of lockdown restrictions by one day to allow people to visit their families on Mother’s Day.
Victorian families will not be able to celebrate Mother’s Day together, despite other states and territories moving to ease restrictions so that relatives can visit each other on May 10. Victoria’s strict social distancing measures are up for review on Monday, May 11.
“Please on behalf of all mothers in our state, please review your decision and make this the best Mother’s Day ever,” Ms Sims wrote in her letter to the Premier.
Premier Daniel Andrews wants families to catch up over video calls instead as his government stands firm on harsh rules limiting travel and visits to other homes.
The national cabinet will meet today as it debates how restrictions can be eased with an aggressive testing, tracing and containment strategy to tackle the coronavirus.
It also plans to lock in guidelines to enable the return of professional and community sport, based on advice from the national medical expert panel.
“We all want to be together, but the only way to get through this crisis is to work together.”
“I know we all just want to give our mum a hug,” Mr Andrews said.
“Catch up with your Mum over a video call. Support a local business and send her flowers or some special goodies — that’s what I’ll be doing,” he said.
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The impact of the virus meant the company Mrs Sims worked for as a sales rep folded and her daughter had also lost her job in the advertising industry.
She said it would be great to have something to look forward to if they could start planning a long-awaited catch-up, catch up on Mother’s Day.
“I’ll tell you what, every mother in Victoria would love Daniel Andrews,” she said.
“I think he’s doing a great job, and if he could relax the rules ahead of Mother’s Day he would be the ant’s pants. It would just be so wonderful and special.”
Originally published as Wallington mum Wendy Sims pens plea to Daniel Andrews to ease lockdown for Mother’s Day