If they're not eligible for support, Victorian sole traders could be driven to break COVID-19 restrictions and risk huge fines to keep food on the table.
A planned cut to JobKeeper payments at the end of September should be pushed back in light of stage four restrictions in Melbourne, Kate Carnell argues.
Sole traders in Melbourne are livid after the Andrews state government stipulated those without employees would not be eligible for $10,000 COVID-19 grants.