Lockdown announced for regional Victoria

Lockdown announced for regional Victoria

Published on 21 August 2021

The Victorian Government has announced that lockdown conditions will apply to all of regional Victoria from 1pm, Saturday 21 August 2021.

This means that until otherwise advised, these venues will be closed for face-to-face business:

Customer Service Centre Benalla Library Benalla Cinema @ BPACC Visitor Information Centre Benalla Art Gallery

As there are only five reasons to leave home, the Benalla Resource and Recovery Centre (Benalla Landfill) is open for emergency use only for residents. If a waste material is making your home hazardous, you can remove the material to dispose of at the Landfill. Examples include:

removing a fallen tree obstructing access cleaning up after a weather event impacting building or structure removal of waste with a significant odour.

Please contact us before attending on 5760 2600 or email [email protected] 

Authorised workers may continue to access the Landfill and Transfer Station as an authorised workplace. 

There are again only five reasons to leave home:

to get food and supplies exercise, for up to two hours and no more than 5kms from your home work or education if you can’t do it from home care and caregiving getting vaccinated at the nearest possible location.

Face masks must be worn outdoors and indoors at all times (except at home).

For those that have returned from a red zone on a permit – you must follow the requirements of your permit. That means going straight home to quarantine for 14 days and only leaving to get tested.

For a more detailed overview of the restrictions, please go to coronavirus.vic.gov.au