COVID
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‘We can’t take your word for it’
People from lockdown postcodes have been caught flouting restrictions and trying to gain entry to businesses in the Macedon Ranges. State-mandated identity checks for hospitality and retail have revealed an alarming number of rule-breakers, people refusing to cooperate and abuse directed at small business owners.Businesses found serving people who should not be in the regions…
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Vital call to keep market going
Lancefield Farmers Market will go ahead as scheduled on Saturday as lockdown restrictions allow. Stallholders and organisers maintain the open air market with strict COVID-safe measures is one of the safest ways to access fresh, local and nutrient-rich foods. Market manager Isis Jordan said both organisers and stallholders would be enforcing QR check-ins, social distancing,…