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Several cafes and restaurants are opting to stay closed this week, saying it’s not viable to reopen under strict density restrictions – as the hospitality industry clamours for targeted government support.
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The ballot for a fourth round of Great State vouchers to help boost sections of South Australia’s tourism sector will open this Friday, the State Government has announced.
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SA Health executives will meet on Friday to discuss the vaccine rollout and the “adequacy” of the state’s hotel quarantine system, with a report examining how COVID-19 was transmitted inside the Playford medi-hotel set to be handed down this week.
UPDATED: A 17-storey Quest hotel and apartment development has been approved for North Terrace and will incorporate an existing art deco building – but the SA Hotels Association has questioned the potential for such developments to get off the ground while interstate and overseas travel remains in limbo.
Potentially mandatory use of COVID-19 contact tracing technology in pubs and clubs is being considered by the State Government – but while welcoming restrictions being slowly wound back, the sector is wary of imposing extra costs on hard-hit venue operators.
SA’s former top bureaucrat has resigned as head of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s office after phone records revealed he spoke to the head of police as the state’s hotel quarantine program – held responsible for a second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths and forcing Melbourne into months-long shutdown – was hastily set up.
The SA Architects Institute has criticised recent approvals of hotels at listed city heritage sites, warning the state’s planning system risks “falling apart” and becoming “meaningless”.
