In light of the recent
announcement by the Victorian Government, the City of Melbourne is now back under Stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions from 11.59pm on Wednesday 8 July for six weeks. As with the previous period of Stage 3 restrictions, there are only four reasons to leave your home if you live in the City of Melbourne. Please refer to the DHHS guidelines to find out what you can and can’t do in Stage 3.
We’re still delivering essential services such as waste and recycling, services to older people, children’s services, homelessness services and animal management. However, the restrictions mean the following changes for some of our other services and facilities:
- All City of Melbourne libraries will be closed from 4pm on Wednesday 8 July until further notice.
- All City of Melbourne aquatic and recreation centres, including Melbourne City Baths, North Melbourne Recreation Centre, Kensington Community Recreation Centre, Carlton Baths and North Melbourne Community Centre, Kensington Town Hall, Docklands Hub and Melbourne City Marina will be closed from end of day on Wednesday 8 July until further notice.
- All playgrounds, outdoor gym equipment and basketball courts will be closed from Wednesday 8 July
- The Queen Victoria Market will continue trading because it’s essential that people have access to fresh food and vegetables. The general merchandise traders will need to close again on the advice of health authorities.
- All City of Melbourne child care facilities will operate as usual at this time. The advice from the State Government is that childcare centres remain open, except where individual services have been directed to close by health authorities.
For health information, visit the Department of Health and Human Service’s COVID-19 hub dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
Support for businesses
If you're a business owner or employee and need information or support, you can contact our COVID-19 Business Concierge Hotline on 9658 9658 (press 1 for business), or visit Business for more information.
Additional support is available for businesses via:
- Victorian Government's economic survival and jobs package (contact 13 22 15)
- Victorian Government's coronavirus business support
- Australian Government's economic response to coronavirus (contact 13 28 46)
- City of Melbourne's Business page (contact 9658 9658 and press 1 for business support)
Flemington and North Melbourne housing residents
City of Melbourne is working with the Victorian Government and community leaders to help provide support to residents in affected buildings in North Melbourne and Flemington.
On Sunday 5 July there was initial confusion around food coordination and distribution. We recognise that the logistics of safe and timely food distribution in a situation such as this are complex.
As of 9am Monday 6 July, the City of Melbourne will be coordinating a food and goods distribution centre out of North Melbourne Community Centre, in unison with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
DHHS is issuing supermarket shopping lists to affected residents so that people can place their orders, and food and goods will then be delivered to each apartment.
Other supplies, access to health care, family and mental health support will also be made available.
If you are a resident in one of the affected buildings and require assistance, please contact the DHHS hotline on 1800 961 054.
If you need a translator, first call 131 450. Both services are available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
City of Melbourne will be communicating twice daily (10am and 4pm) with community leaders in the affected areas to ensure the latest information is available to help them pass on to their communities.
For further information on support available for residents in affected buildings, visit the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) website.
The City of Melbourne continues to work with the DHHS and the Australian Government Department of Health. As we change our services and the operation of our facilities as appropriate, it’s still vital that people continue to be vigilant, maintain good hygiene and practice physical distancing. Find out about
Victoria’s restriction levels.
For up-to-date COVID-19 information and what’s happening in Victoria more broadly, please refer to the
Department of Health and Human Services. Information is also available in
translated resources.
How are services changing?
In line with advice from the
Victorian Government and the
Australian Government, we continue to deliver essential services for the community, including aged care support, waste and recycling, homelessness support, maternal and child health care, immunisation services and animal management.
Find out what's closed in the City of Melbourne, and how our services will operate by viewing the frequently asked questions below.
You’ll find detailed information about our changes in the
FAQs below.
Economic support for businesses
The City of Melbourne announced a local
economic package to support city businesses affected by COVID-19.
We developed a range of support for businesses, including
If you have any questions or need support, contact our COVID-19 Business Concierge Hotline on 9658 9658 (press 1 for business), or visit
Business for more information.
Additional support is available for businesses via: