Please see below the latest directions from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) detailing the restrictions that apply to those living in these identified areas. Can you please forward this information throughout your various platforms, community contacts and networks who reside in these areas (locations detailed below), drawing particular attention to the restriction relating to Faith: Religious ceremonies and private worship can only occur online.
This advice updated 3 July 2020 – see below.
Given the increasing numbers of coronavirus (COVID-19) in particular locations and the heightened risk of transmission, Stage 3 Stay at Home restrictions will be applied to impacted areas.
If you live in one of these locations you need to stay at home. There are four reasons that you can leave home:
- Shopping for food or other essential items
- To provide care giving, for compassionate reasons or to seek medical treatment
- For exercise (outdoor exercise only, with only one other person or members of your household)
- Work or study, if you cannot work or study from home
Additional restrictions have also been put in place:
- you cannot have visitors to your home except for caregiving or compassionate reasons or receiving services.
- you can no longer visit friends and family who live at another household, except for caregiving or compassionate reasons or providing services.
- you cannot travel except for one of the four reasons outlined above.
There will also be activity, facility and venue restrictions in restricted postcodes:
- restaurants and cafes can open to serve takeaway and home delivery only
- pubs, bars, clubs, nightclubs will be closed. They can offer take away food and alcohol
- beauty and personal care services will be closed, apart from hairdressers and barbers
- libraries and community venues will be closed, except for essential public support services such as food banks
- religious ceremonies and private worship can only occur online
- restrictions on the number of people who can attend weddings and funerals
- indoor sports centres including gyms, training facilities and pools will be closed
- community sport training and competition cannot occur within a restricted postcode. If you live in an impacted area you cannot participate in community sport elsewhere
- galleries, museums, historic sites, zoos, outdoor amusement parks and arcades, play centres, indoor and drive-in cinemas, concert venues, theatres, auditoriums, arenas, stadiums, casinos and gaming will be closed
- outdoor sport facilities will be closed. Personal training outdoors can occur but with a limit of two participants plus the instructor
- holiday accommodation and camping will be closed except for those who reside there for emergency accommodation or work purposes
Clarification:
with regard to religious ceremonies and private worship can only occur online the clarification received is as follows:
In this instance it refers to those persons wanting to visit a place of worship for the purposes of praying in solitude on their own (i.e. outside of prescribed religious communal devotions times such as Mass, Novenas, Jummah Prayers, Sangat, Kirtans, etc).
Primary and secondary school students can continue to attend school for face-to-face learning when it resumes after school holidays. For further information please view the Statement from the Premier.
If you live in one of the restricted postcodes and are currently on holiday you can continue your holiday. From 11:59pm, 1 July you will not be able to leave these areas for a holiday.
Restricted postcodes
The following areas are experiencing a high level of transmission or are at high risk of transmission. To slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) Stay at Home restrictions apply to these areas:
| Postcode | Suburbs |
| 3012 | Brooklyn, Kingsville, Maidstone, Tottenham, West Footscray |
| 3021 | Albanvale, Kealba, Kings Park, St Albans |
| 3032 | Ascot Vale, Highpoint City, Maribyrnong, Travancore |
| 3038 | Keilor Downs, Keilor Lodge, Taylors Lakes, Watergardens |
| 3042 | Airport West, Keilor Park, Niddrie |
| 3046 | Glenroy, Hadfield, Oak Park |
| 3047 | Broadmeadows, Dallas , Jacana |
| 3055 | Brunswick south, Brunswick west, Moonee vale, Moreland west |
| 3060 | Fawkner |
| 3064 | Craigieburn, Donnybrook, Mickelham, Roxburgh Park, Kalkallo |
These postcodes will return to Stage 3 Restrictions at least until 29 July.
