Wednesday, 5 August 2020

City streets drain of life in Australia's toughest lockdown

City streets drain of life in Australia's toughest lockdownMelbourne’s usually vibrant downtown streets were draining of signs of life on Wednesday on the eve of Australia’s toughest-ever pandemic restrictions coming into force. Many of the stylish boutiques and eateries in a city dubbed Australia’s Hipster Capital that prides itself on superior coffee had already closed their doors ahead of a ban on non-essential businesses that will throw 250,000 people out of work from Thursday. The closing down of Australia’s second-largest city, which usually accounts for a quarter of the nation’s economic activity, also coincided with frenetic preparation.




source https://news.yahoo.com/city-streets-drain-life-australias-084345055.html

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