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Coronavirus (COVID-19) response

The stories here highlight the innovative and agile people and businesses that have adapted to working or doing business in the new environment created by coronavirus. Their stories are inspiring, interesting and thought-provoking, helping to lead the way to a future few of us imagined at the start of 2020.

Artist Kaff-eine working on a mural  

Street artist Kaff-eine creates art for heart’s sake in Melbourne's CBD

by Working for Victoria | 14 Dec 2020

Street artist Kaff-eine joins more than 150 creatives - designers, music producers, light specialists & more, being recruited to revive the city lanes

Image of Thanh Do  

Personal experience drives professional passion in Working for Victoria recruit

by Working for Victoria | 10 Dec 2020

Learn how a communications professional was placed in the frontline of getting crucial health information to non-English speaking communities.

Installation View - Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion  

A regional art tour: 5 galleries to visit this summer

by Georgina Jerums | 10 Dec 2020

In the mood for a cultural fix over the holiday season? Look no further. These five regional galleries have you sorted.

Owners of the Noisy Ritual  

An East Brunswick winery starts pouring again

by Editor | 4 Dec 2020

Melbourne’s hospitality scene is once more flipping the sign in their windows to ‘open’ thanks to a Victorian Government's program.

student selecting some vegetables at foodbank  

Now open: free Melbourne supermarket for international students

by Georgina Jerums | 23 Nov 2020

For Melbourne’s international students experiencing hardship, a free supermarket is helping them get by.

Image of an industrial coffee machine  

A fresh brew: Abbotsford coffee operation gets a reset

by Georgina Jerums | 23 Nov 2020

With help from a free, online Business Victoria-supported course, Abbotsford’s Bureaux Coffee is getting through the pandemic.

Photo of Kylie Sambrooks - Your Memories  

From funeral items to PPE: how a Croydon business reinvented itself

by Georgina Jerums | 19 Nov 2020

Croydon’s ‘Your Memories’ has expanded to sell Personal Protective Equipment to funeral directors, helped along by a Business Support Fund grant.

Artist impression of the Gargarro Regional Botanic Gardens  

Sowing the seeds for Northern Victorian tourism

by Georgina Jerums | 16 Nov 2020

Gargarro Regional Botanic Garden is set to be a major attraction for the Goulburn Valley and Loddon Mallee region.

Outdoor tables, courtyard of restaurant  

Geelong café goes al fresco with its COVIDSafe Plan

by Cath Vallence | 12 Nov 2020

A Geelong café reveals how the COVIDSafe plan is helping business.

Image of relaxed products, towels, sun hat, and candles.  

Homewares store ramps up business with COVID safety on point

by Cath Vallence | 11 Nov 2020

Surf coast retailer embraces reopening with a COVIDSafe plan.

Illustration of character performing mediation or yoga on a computer  

Mental health course a lifeline for small business

by Georgina Jerums | 9 Nov 2020

The Victorian Government has teamed up with St John Ambulance to launch a Mental Health and Wellbeing Program to help businesses doing it tough.

4 glasses with red duck logo  

Brewing up a new business plan

by Georgina Jerums | 4 Nov 2020

Take a look at how Ballarat’s Red Duck microbrewery is riding out the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

panoramic view of vineyard in the grampians  

Here’s cheers: Grampians wineries throw open their virtual cellar door

by Georgina Jerums | 4 Nov 2020

Revenue dipped between 40 and 95 per cent at Grampians wineries during recent restrictions, but a virtual cellar door is helping to turn that around.

Summer from from Mt Buller in Victoria's High Country  

High hopes of a new career for a High Country local

by Bronte Ryan | 22 Oct 2020

Meet Annabel, one of the many young people who moved to regional Victoria to pursue a rejigged career during the pandemic.

Portrait shot of Miyuki Nakahara with artwork in the background  

Cooking up a new way of doing business

by Georgina Jerums | 15 Oct 2020

A Business Support Fund grant is helping Izakaya Den swivel to a take-away model during the pandemic.

Federation University Gippsland  

The road back: a helping hand for Gippsland’s bushfire-affected businesses

by Georgina Jerums | 14 Oct 2020

Many Gippsland bushfire-affected businesses are getting back on their feet via a course at Federation University that will help them upskill & reskill

Retail front of Uro publications  

Collingwood book business has designs to expand online

by Georgina Jerums | 13 Oct 2020

Podcasts and live author talks are just two of the ways a Collingwood book business is courting an online crowd.

Portrait shot of Tsion  

Securing jobs for Victorians who are ready to get back to work

by Working for Victoria | 18 Sep 2020

Having found a full-time job herself, see how one community leader in Victoria’s Ethiopian community is helping others find work through.

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESPONSE

Victorians are responding to coronavirus (COVID-19) in innovative and inspiring ways, helping us to see a new future.

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