Lockdown forces renewed shutdown for Melbourne arts sector

Libraries, galleries and cinemas will be closed again from Wednesday at midnight, as the Andrews Government scrambles to reduce Coronavirus infections.

7 Jul 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash.

The resurgence of COVID-19 in Victoria has forced the Andrews Government to re-introduce stage three lockdown for all of metropolitan Melbourne.

Mitchell Shire, located on the city fringe and including the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan, has also been affected.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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