Australia Locks Down Border Between Two Biggest Film Production Hubs
- by Virginia Carter
- in World Media
- — Jul 7, 2020
Supercars announced last week that its Winton round would be moved to Sydney Motorsport Park due to restrictions on travel to Victoria imposed by the Queensland government, amid a second wave of coronavirus cases in the southern state.
It will take effect at 11.59pm on Tuesday.
Australia has recorded nearly 8,500 cases of coronavirus nationwide with most states and territories recording zero active cases for several days. Further mass tests around the world identified 127 new cases in Victoria on Sunday. The army has been drafted in to help Victoria ramp up to daily testing of 20,000.
Although air journey between Sydney and Melbourne had dwindled, the interior border between the 2 most populous states had remained open all through the coronavirus outbreak.
Community leaders have raised concerns about the targeted nature of the "hard lockdown", which saw hundreds of police officers deployed with nearly no warning, leaving some residents with little time to stock up on essentials.
Since January, Australia has notched up 8,500 circumstances and 106 deaths.
There's also talk that the event could be brought forward from July 18-19 to this weekend, to minimise down time for crews that have raced the border closure.
Lock and mass test: On Saturday, Andrews placed 3,000 people in nine public housing towers in Melbourne under "hard locks".
The movie and TV industries are sure to be affected by the lockdown. The border closure comes at a time when the entertainment had begun to turn a corner.
McKenzie lives on the NSW side of the river, the boats pick up passengers from the Victoria side and the river itself is classified as part of NSW. Most productions may have 1 or 2 key solid from the opposite state.
Sheehan and his companions not too long ago introduced the dissolution of Porchlight Movies, after 23 years collectively.
"I've a manufacturing presupposed to be beginning in Victoria in a few weeks".
