How stage four lockdown restrictions will change Melburnians’ day-to-day life

As Melbourne’s stage four lockdown restrictions transform the way we live for at least the next six weeks, here’s your guide to best navigate which goods and services will — and won’t — be affected.

As Melbourne’s stage four lockdown restrictions transform the way we live for at least the next six weeks, here’s your guide to best navigate which good and services will — and won’t — be affected.

WHAT’S CLOSING

• All retail, unless specified as open

• Personal care services including hairdressers

• Photographic film processing

• Car washes

• Home cleaning and gardening services

• Most accommodation, except where specified as permitted to operate

• Pubs, taverns and bars

• Clubs

• Food courts

• Car and car parts wholesalers

• Furniture, floor covering wholesalers

• Rental and hiring Services, except where supplying permitted industry or services

• Travel agency shops

• Brothels, prostitution services

• Strip clubs

• Religious services and places of worship

WHAT’S STAYING OPEN

• Supermarkets and grocery shops, including all food and liquor shops

• Convenience stores and newsagents

• Fuel retailing

• Pharmacies

• Post offices

• Specialist stationery services for business use

• Disability and health equipment, mobility devices

Melbourne cafes can still offer takeaway

• Maternity supplies

• Motor vehicle parts for emergency repairs only

• Locksmiths

• Laundry and dry cleaners

• Disability, health equipment, mobility device providers

• Residential repair and maintenance

• Motor vehicle and machinery repair

• Essential upkeep of parks and gardens

WHAT CAN OPEN, WITH LIMITED OPERATIONS

• Retail stores for contactless ‘click and collect’ and delivery services

• Cafes, restaurants — takeaway and delivery food services only, with takeaways permitted until 8pm.

• Shopping Centres — for access to permitted retail only

• Markets — for food only with strict enforcement of density obligations

• Hardware, building and garden supplies — can retail to tradespeople only, with contactless pick-up for public

• Agricultural retailers — drive-through only

• Accommodation provided or funded by government in response to COVID-19

• Meals on wheels for aged services

• Essential support for in-home aged services

• Schools — only open for children of workers still allowed to work on-site in their professions/industries and for vulnerable children

• Boarding schools, residential colleges and university accommodation services

• Places of worship — only for up to five people to broadcast ceremonies

• Places of worship and community facilities — only to provide community services such as soup kitchens

• Horse, harness and greyhound racing

• Public transport, ride/share and taxis operating for permitted workers only

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Originally published as How stage four lockdown restrictions will change Melburnians’ day-to-day life