STAGE 4 TRANSITION - HIGH HOPES

All BIAV members will be very eager to see what Premier Daniel Andrews announces on Sunday with regard to coming out of COVID stage 4. We are all eager to see COVIDsafe relaxing of business and boating restrictions, and you may agree, that this is a massive under-statement.

BIAV is proactively working with government with regards to this and is aiming to see the best possible COVIDsafe decisions for both business and boating. These direct dealings have been with the Minister Melissa Horne, as well as with senior officials at Better Boating Victoria, DHHS and DJPR. Twenty BIAV members took part in a brief roundtable video meeting yesterday (2/9), along with the Minister and these officials, and we thank them for doing so, along with our President David Meehan, CEO Steve Walker and Advocacy Manager Ben Scullin. A submission has been prepared on your behalf that lays out a sensibly staged plan to maximise what ‘stage’ businesses can move to, under the proposed ‘traffic lights’ system. The submission also calls for a staged, yet immediate return to all Victorian waters for boating, in COVIDsafe ways. An extensive rationale for this has been provided as part of the submission.

We eagerly await these announcements from the Premier and will keep BIAV members updated as soon as anything is known.