Victoria

Restaurants are reopening and the lifting of the “ring of steel” is on the cards. It should feel good, but it also feels strange.

The newest reopening date for the hospitality industry is five days earlier than first announced by the Victorian government.

Restaurants, cafés and pubs in Melbourne will be allowed to seat up to 20 diners inside, and 50 outside.

After five years at the celebrated regional restaurant, the couple is looking to the future.

“We do not take the health of Victorians lightly. But we believe the industry can safely reopen sooner than this road map specifies.”