Snap 5-Day Victoria Lockdown Bleeding Businesses Dry
Victorian businesses are reeling from the state’s third COVID-19 lockdown in less than 12 months, with one Melbourne restaurant owner left $35,000 out of pocket.
The coffers of Toorak’s Bistro Thierry have been bled dry as the French eatery remains closed because of the state’s five-day “circuit breaker.”
Owner Thierry Cornevin says the two previous shutdowns cost him AU$225,000 and he estimates the latest one equates to another $35,000 setback.
“I had money put away for a rainy day,” the restaurateur of 20 years told AAP.
“But it funded down and we’re skint. You always have a buffer but getting kicked in the guts three times, it’s a bit much.”