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Hey guys,
The details for the Ministry of Gaming TI3 Pubstomp are all finalised
Tickets available here: http://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/mogti3pubstomp
See the facebook page for all the details: https://www.facebook.com/events/514331181965420/
Pubstomp Listing here: http://www.dota2.com/pubstomps/listings/3 (Log in and join to receive item drops during the games)

♔MinistryOfGaming presents - TI3 Pubstomp♔

Location: CROWN’S SUPERBOX – The West End at Crown, Level 1 (Crown Casino) Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sunday 11th August - Door open at 11pm - Live Stream starts at 5am
Entry Price: $25
Venue Capacity: 200
Dress Code: No Shorts, No Thongs
Age Restriction: 18+
Make sure to bring your ID's
Featuring:

• Giant Screen TV - Watch TI3 matches LIVE on the 5-metre MEGA-screen!
• Plasma screens – Screens All around the venue
• Bet & Win Raffle – Bet on teams and stand a chance to win prizes from our sponsors!
• Beer - Drink Beer with your mates!
• Themed Drinks – DOTA2 themed cocktails!
• Tournaments & Activities - While waiting for the LIVE Stream!
• TI3 VODs - Will be shown on screens until LIVE stream starts
• Private Poker Room - Play Poker while watching TI3 on the screens!
• Live DJ – DJ Jyethe will be mixing some sick tunes between games!

Product Sponsors:
TteSports
Shout-Outs to:

• Valve
• TteSports
• Crown Casino
• DJ Jyethe
• Team Xplicit Renaissance
• E-Sports

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If you are keen to volunteer for Ministry Of Gaming, gaining experience and helping the eSports scene grow, and think you can contribute in any way please feel free to e-mail your interest and mobile number to [email protected]
We are currently looking for:

• MC
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• PhotographeVideographer for the event
• Graphics/Web Designer
• News/Content Provider
• Video Maker
• Or tell us what you can contribute!

https://www.crownmelbourne.com.au/entertainment/live-theatre/counter-strike-invitational
I think this is absolutely sick, Planning to try fly down with a crew from Sydney for it. Great to see some E sport being supported in AUS!

I haven't bought a ticket yet, but I'm just seeing if any fellow redditors are attending? None of my friends really play DotA, so I was hoping to find some other solo's to meet up with.

Im from Australia, Perth, but was just wondering when everyone thinks big live events will make a return like the Aussie millions at crown in Melbourne or the APL millions at the star casino Sydney? Interested to know what everyone thinks. Im super keen to get back into live poker as i miss it a bunch 🤕

Australia’s success in curbing Covid-19 infections is allowing it to slowly ease some restrictions even as it remains largely closed off from the rest of the world, taking its economy back to the pre-globalization era.
Mining and agriculture continue to support exports and a government-sponsored group is looking at ways to revive manufacturing. But the flow of foreign tourists, students and immigrants has been frozen, pinning hopes for a rebound on local consumption.
The closed borders and domestic reliance has the economy harking back to the 1980s, before the lifting of tariffs opened up trade and Paul Hogan offered to put another shrimp on the Barbie for international visitors.
Services Driven Nearly two-thirds of economic output from service industries
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Nominal gross value added, 2018-19
The capacity of services to quickly turnaround and the fact Aussies aren’t blowing savings on holidays abroad could help the nation fare better than many developed-world peers. Much will depend on the mood of households as unemployment rises, with a poor construction outlook adding to headwinds.
What Bloomberg’s Economists Say “Close to 1 million Australians per month traveled overseas in 2019. They will now be looking for a change of destination, heading to Noosa instead of Nusa Dua; Port Douglas, not Penang; and catching up with friends at bars in Melbourne Laneways, instead of Hong Kong’s mid levels. Containment measures change the economics of international travel.”
James McIntyre, economist
Household consumption, which makes up around 55% of the economy, has been boosted on the one hand by people stocking up on essentials during the lockdown, but hammered on the other as they couldn’t eat out or go to the movies. Shops and restaurants are gradually reopening but, for consumption to drive any rebound, households must put aside concerns over job security and debt to drive spending. That may be tough.
Wesfarmers Ltd. is seeing shift in consumer behavior across its retail portfolio. Home improvement and office products stores, Bunnings and Officeworks, have seen significant uplift in sales, while general merchandise stores, Target and Kmart, have seen sales slow.
Pessimistic households have consumption outlook seeming bleak Even before Covid-19, Australian households were among the most indebted in the developed world, with debt almost double disposable income. The threat of unemployment to people’s ability to meet their debts is now key, and the Reserve Bank of Australia has long acknowledged it as a major risk facing the economy.
The unemployment rate is currently 6.2%, with the central bank expecting it to peak at around 10%. Banks are offering repayment holidays to help tide homeowners over and have quadrupled provisions for an expected surge in bad debts.
Australia Passes Massive Stimulus Measures as Virus Spreads People wait in line outside a Centrelink office in the Bondi Junction suburb of Sydney, March 2020.Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg The absence of skilled migration due to closed national borders will also hit pause on what had been steady stream of profitable mortgage lending for the banks. That could flow through to housing prices if sustained.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia said its base case is for an 11% fall in home prices, though in a prolonged downturn a cumulative 32% slump is possible. National Australia Bank Ltd. said in a severe downturn, prices could plummet 21% this year.
Uncertainty and job insecurity impacting property market Residential construction typically closely follows house price movements, and the sector was already scaling back activity following the previous flood of new stock still working its way into the market.
The RBA earlier this month said that indications from the initial stages of the development process suggests demand for new housing “has deteriorated significantly.” It expects dwelling investment to plunge 17% in the 12 months through June and remain a drag on growth until 2021.
Property investors have been hit by the six month moratorium on tenancy evictions during coronavirus. Without renewed interest from investors, it’s challenging to get a new apartment development, particularly of any size, into construction.
The same holds for business investment. Unless the project was already underway, or is related to creating a covid-safe environment, capital expenditure plans have been parked until demand returns.
Natural Endowment Things look brighter as you leave the cities. Internationally, Australia is known as a commodity powerhouse. While it accounts for just 10% of output, it is a key source of export income and prosperity in the country.
Iron ore shipments from Port Hedland, a key export hub, hit a record for April, while gold sales from Perth Mint -- the main refiner -- also surged. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. lifted its projected annual iron ore shipments in a wager on China’s recovery. “We are selling everything we can possibly produce,” Chairman Andrew Forrest says.
Net exports important source of economic growth It’s less rosy for the liquefied natural gas producers. Just as the coronavirus sent the global economy into lockdown, Russia and Saudi Arabia began a standoff that sent oil prices tumbling below zero.
Top producers Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and Santos Ltd. have slashed spending plans and deferred flagship growth projects -- worth over $15 billion -- in line with drastic steps by energy majors worldwide to hunker down during the pandemic.
On The Sheep’s Back Virus Fears Grow In Sydney As Growing GDP Expected To Be Hit Rolls of toilet papers sit in an empty section of a supermarket in Sydney, March 2020..Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg As supermarket shelves were stripped bare, a panicked nation was reminded of the sheer mass of food the country’s farmers produce. Domestic food production services more than 90% of fresh produce sold in supermarkets and still is able to more than match that amount in exports.
The industry could also become an unexpected source of employment. Backpackers and workers from Pacific Islands flock to rural areas to pick up work with seasonal tasks, but with borders shut and jobs being lost across the economy, farmers are likely turn to the local community for the extra labor.
Other producers have greater worries. Barley and meat exporters have been caught in China’s crosshairs in retaliation for Australia’s public call for an independent investigation of the coronavirus outbreak, while the wine industry is looking on nervously.
It’s been a tough year for wine, even before the virus. Clonakilla winery in New South Wales, north of Canberra, decided against producing a 2020 vintage after analysis showed unacceptably high levels of smoke taint from wildfires over the summer.
Exploring Our Own Backyard Australia's China Reliance Backfires as Virus Fallout Spreads Students sit on the grass at the University of Sydney, Feb. 2020.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg The education industry was one of the first to feel the pinch from coronavirus restrictions. When the government imposed travel bans on flights from China in February, around 100,000 international students were unable to enter Australia to begin the academic year and left universities bracing for a costly fallout.
The University of Sydney, where students from China represented nearly one-quarter of the total student body, projected a A$470 million loss this year. Other institutions, including the University of Melbourne and Monash University, are bracing for similar hits. Even smaller regional institutions that don’t attract nearly the same level of international students have been affected.
With a lot of money at stake, there could be a relaxation of international border restrictions for students to study in Australia, before leisure travelers are allowed. But for businesses catering toward an offshore audience, demand is unlikely to snap back.
Qantas Airways Ltd. is currently operating just 1% of its network and has canceled overseas fights until at least the end of July. Its main competitor, Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., collapsed into administration in April.
Virgin Australia Collapses After Pandemic Halts Air Travel Virgin Australia check-in kiosks inside a deserted Sydney Airport, April 2020. Photographer Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg Crown Resorts Ltd. and Star Entertainment Group Ltd., which both target big-spending visitors from Asia, were forced to close their casinos in Australia as the country locked down. Crown is just months away from completing a A$2.2 billion luxury gaming resort in Sydney.
The tourism industry was already reeling from the wave of cancellations following the December and January wildfires. The silver lining is that Australians will have no option but to spend holidays on home soil once inter-state travel is allowed again.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-19/australia-goes-back-to-the-1980s-with-economy-closed-to-world?sref=s0L1qQ1H

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The Crown Resorts chairman, Helen Coonan, has admitted the company facilitated money laundering at its Melbourne casino but denied it was "Turning a blind eye" to criminal activity instead blaming it on "Ineptitude".
"Isn't this a quintessential example of Crown Resorts turning a blind eye to the prospects of money laundering occurring at its casino?" the counsel assisting the inquiry, Naomi Sharp SC, asked.
The Nine media group last year aired allegations Crown turned a blind eye to money laundering by organised crime figures and the attempted sale of 19.99% of its stock from mogul James Packer's private company to Melco Resorts.
In late July 2019, the Crown board - including Coonan who was not yet chairman - issued a statement to the stock exchange arguing it had a "Robust process for vetting junket operators" and SunCity's parent company was regulated and listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
In her evidence on Tuesday, Coonan said that it was "Difficult to agree" that Crown was "Facilitating" money laundering.
"The community loses because you've got money laundering in your casino and Crown loses because it's seen as an inept company lacking in attention," Bergin said.

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So! I'm Link and I have a real passion for escape rooms. I'm also on the spectrum so this is probably just a hyperfixation thing, but that's besides the point.
I wanna go and do every room in Melbourne and beyond someday, so I decided to make a list of every room I could find on Google based in the Melbourne area and I thought some people might appreciate if I shared it!
There are actually a surprising amount of venues I discovered when compiling this list that I'd never even heard of before, so making it and learning about them was good fun. There may have been some that I ended up missing though, even though I scoured every website that I could, so if there's anything I'm missing, let me know and I'll happily add it to the list!
Oh yeah, it'd probably good to mention too that I'll be noting down the one I've completed and seen around just to provide a hint of anecdotal evidence for whether these places are worth going to or not, but always take them with a grain of salt or two because I'm...well, me.
Okay, enough said, here's what I've found!

Ukiyo Escape Rooms:

• Deep Space (Completed!)
• Deep Space: Divinity (NOT YET RELEASED - COMING NEAR THE END OF 2019)
• The Crumbling Prince: Chapter I
• The Crumbling Prince: Chapter II

Notes: Okay, if you haven't heard of these guys or are looking for a platinum-standard escape room to do, I couldn't recommend them any higher. I went in there with really high expectations (seeing that they'd been rated a 4.9/5 on Google), and even then I was quite literally blown out of the water. I can confidently say that Deep Space was one of the, if not the best escape room I've ever played in. The immersion, technology and story was on a level that I couldn't even possibly imagine, to the point where I was legitimately panicking towards the room's climax. I'm looking to get in a booking for The Crumbling Prince soon because it's supposedly even better than Deep Space, with multiple chapters and an over-arching story. Plus, with a Deep Space sequel on the horizon, I would recommend keeping an eye on Ukiyo more than any other venue in the country and I can't say that with any more sincerity.

Torx Escape Rooms:

• Return to Thebes
• The Legend of 5 Holy Pearls
• The Conspiracy
• Green Hospital
• UNDISCLOSED SEASON 2 ROOM
• UNDISCLOSED SEASON 2 ROOM

Notes: At the time of writing, Torx has 2 new rooms on the way to accompany the Green Hospital as their "Season 2" rooms, so keep your eyes peeled!

Escape Hunt Rooms:

• Machinarium
• Odditorium
• Zodiac Heist
• Law & Disorder

Escape Room Melbourne Rooms

• Disappearance (Completed!)
• Mine Escape
• Kellar's Magic Emporium
• Fractured: Remember Me

Notes: Ahh, this takes me back. ERM was the first ever (at least, as far as I'm aware) escape room to open in Melbourne and it was also the place that set off my obsession with escape rooms to begin with! Me and my sister were the first ever teen-aged team to make it out of Disappearance on time, and recalling the experience is a delight. Disappearance is one of the best examples of a gold-standard escape room I could think of, and it would definitely stand against many of the more modern and technologically-reliant rooms of today. My mother also participated in the Mine Escape room, and gave it huge kudos for its environment, if that's anything to go by at all.

RUSH Escape Rooms

• The Last Knight Rises
• The Matrix
• Heroes: End Game
• Its Nightmare
• Bond
• Cluemanji

Notes: If you'd be interested at all, RUSH is running a haunted house event from 28 October 2019 - 3 November 2019 called The Exorcist with some puzzle solving elements, but it'll be retired after the Halloween season is over. No info on whether it'll come back, so definitely check it out if you're a horror buff like myself!

TRAPT Bar & Escape Rooms

• Prohibition (RETIRED AS OF 15/08/2019)
• Wizard of Oz
• Space
• Alchemy I
• Alchemy II

Adventure Rooms

• The Mad Scientist
• The Black Queen
• Gaol Break

Notes: While I haven't attended this venue yet, they advertise this thing called a Duel Adventure which seems like good fun. According to their website: "The Duel Adventure format is designed for larger groups. It allows teams to compete against each other in a cat-and-mouse style game. This way Team A has to escape while Team B has to try to catch them before they are able to escape. After 30 minutes the roles are reversed. There is a 10-15 minute break to reset the game."

The Mystery Rooms

• Chapter One: The Lost Tomb
• Chapter Two: The Medieval Quest
• Chapter Three: The Last Stand
• Chapter Four: A Grimm Finale

Notes: While these games are presented in a very specific order to be played in to present the story (which, if you couldn't tell by now, I absolutely LOVE rooms that are able to incorporate a good story into themselves), Chapters 1-3 can be played in any order. However! To qualify to play A Grimm Finale, the hardest of all the rooms, you must complete all of the previous chapters and be ready for a challenge. Let's hope that you're up to it. >;)

Doctor Q Escape Rooms

• Biohazard
• The Lost Tomb
• The Last Survivor
• We Are Detectives
• Institution No.5 (COMING SOON - RELEASE DATE TBA)

Notes: There are some really special things to note about Doctor Q's rooms. Namely, Biohazard and We Are Detectives, in that they're not the typical escape room experiences. We Are Detectives is more of a murder-mystery game with 8 players, 8 scenes and 1 murderer hidden amongst the group. Almost like a real life version of ONUW or Town of Salem. Biohazard on the other hand is a seemingly stupidly immersive escape room, that comes with a 2 hour game time and even NPCs that you can interact with and branch choices around in the game. I'll be trying this one soon and I'm really excited for it!

Drop Bear Escapes

• Operation Mindfall (RETIRING ON 24th AUGUST 2019)
• Mission Failed
• The Lolly Shop
• The Rain Forest (COMING IN 2020)

Notes: Another venue with multiple rooms containing one continuous story (in the order listed above), Operation Mindfall shuts down in 10 days as of writing, so grab some tickets quickly if an outdoor open-world escape room sounds fun! Note also that these chapters don't have to be played in order, but should be if you're a stickler for storytelling like me.

LOST AUSTRALIA Rooms:

• Level 6 (Completed!)
• Castiglione (Completed!)
• Nemesis (Completed!)
• Alcatraz (Completed!)
• Aokigahara
• Exodus

Notes: LOST AUS is my most commonly visited venue, as you can probably tell by my completion rates, and it's for good reason. While none of the rooms are extraordinarily outstanding in my opinion, they're still lots of good fun and offer plenty of variety as my silver-standard to gold-standard of escape rooms. Aokigahara is the last room I plan to play through here though, as it's the hardest one they have (with only a 3% clear rate according to the website) and the Exodus room doesn't seem very interesting to me with a 70% clear rate and weirdly biblical theme.

LOST in MELBOURNE Rooms

• Annabelle
• Before Midnight
• Survivor

Notes: Another venue I'd never caught breeze of before compiling this list, LOST in MELBOURNE also has a 4.9/5 rating on Google, putting it on-par with Ukiyo as far as reviews go. This place is definitely on top of my hot-list now and I'll be sure to edit this post with my review of the place after a room or two.

Woodbury Escape Rooms:

• Little Playful Things
• Wanted: Dead or Alive
• The Curse of Kidd Island
• Leaper

Notes: Another unheard of venue! This one looks kinda promising as well. It's kinda crazy seeing just how many of these places go unnoticed unless you literally scroll through the pages at the bottom of your Google search.

Locked In Escape Rooms

• The Wizard's Lair
• Carbine Diamond
• The Missing
• Blackout

Time is Key Escape Rooms

• Bradshaw Manor
• The Circus

Notes: MORE UNDISCOVERED ROOMS! THIS IS A DAMN CRIME AT THIS POINT! >:(

STRIKE BOWLING ESCAPE ROOMS

• The Old Haunt (Completed!)
• Injustice
• The Red Manor
• Casino Heist
• Da Vinci
• Forensic
• Jailbreak
• Shutdown
• Alien Invaders (SEE THE NOTES!)

Notes: You won't find Alien Invaders at any Strike venue, except up in Surfer's Paradise, but the reason I put it here is because all of the above games are distributed by the same company (who's name I'm furiously trying to find, but I'm having no luck right now), called Cubescape. There is another venue called Red Herring which has opened recently at Crown Casino that has Alien Invaders, Shutdown and The Old Haunt available to play, so if you wanna try that one, head up to Red Herring instead of buying a plane ticket to Queensland.

Extreme Escape Rooms

• The Shadow Circus
• Case32
• Spellbound

Notes: It genuinely makes me sad that these more underground escape room businesses don't get that much public attention, I know I'd personally hate it if I put so much into a business that I enjoy so much and it wasn't exposed to the mainstream public... :(

escapeXperience Rooms

• Amnesia
• Burlesque
• Clockworks

Notes: This one seems really highly rated, it might be worth a look sometime!

Excape Escape Rooms

• Zombie Excape
• Frankston Crime Investigation Excape
• Project 11 Excape
• Illuminati Excape

And that's all of them I could find! Please, please, please let me know if I've missed any and I'll happily add them to the list. Until then, have fun and be good people. :)
EDIT: VaughnJess suggested Timezone Eastland! This venue has 2 rooms, Blackbeard's Cabin and Pharoah's Curse.
EDIT 2: thudworm suggested Omescape, but their site/venue is currently closed for an upgrade, I'll be sure to keep posted on this one!
EDIT 3: alilbitpsycho informed the that Prohibition at TRAPT ran their last sessions on 14/08/2019, so I've crossed it out on the list. Also, 6516440 FOUND THE DAMN COMPANY! It's called Cubescape, so thanks for that!
EDIT 4: MY FIRST EVER GOLD!!!!!!!! Thanks, kind stranger :))

Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a special taskforce of 500 police to enforce a shutdown of pubs, clubs and other venues and restrictions on social gatherings.

Key points:

• The Premier said Victorians had been "acting selfishly" by flouting social distancing rules
• Teachers are planning online learning for if schools close for term two, after the term one was brought to a close early
• Police will conduct spot checks to ensure people are complying with the shutdown

It comes as Victoria recorded another 59 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state's total to 355.
The announcement follows the Prime Minister's declaration yesterday that venues across the country would have to close from midday today to curb the spread of coronavirus.
While the National Cabinet agreed on the shutdown together, it was up to the individual states and territories to put the measures into law.
The "stage one" shutdown in Victoria includes pubs, clubs, nightclubs, Crown Casino, gyms, indoor sporting venues, places of worship, cinemas and entertainment venues.
Restaurants and cafes will only be allowed to provide home delivery or takeaway services. Bottleshops can remain open.
Mr Andrews told ABC Radio Melbourne any business not on the list could stay open, as long as it adhered to social-distancing measures such as ensuring there is 4 square metres for each person on the premises.
Indoor gatherings are still limited to fewer than 100 people.
Mr Andrews said many Victorians had been "acting selfishly" by ignoring social-distancing rules, and warned "people will die" if the measures were not followed.
He told ABC Radio Melbourne stricter measures were likely to be enforced after the next National Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

What must close in Victoria:

• Pubs, clubs, hotels, bars and nightclubs that supply alcohol under a general licence (but bottleshops, takeaway meals and accommodation can continue)
• Gyms
• Indoor sporting centres
• Casinos
• "A cinema, nightclub or entertainment venue of any kind"
• Restaurants and cafes (but takeaways and deliveries can continue)
• Places of worship (but weddings and funerals can continue)

The Premier flagged a shutdown of "non-essential" services yesterday afternoon, ahead of a meeting of the National Cabinet last night.
He today denied suggestions his statement on Sunday caused confusion and panic, saying "this is not static. This is moving fast".
Mr Andrews acknowledged it was "frustrating and challenging" that the advice was changing.
"But it's nowhere near as challenging as people doing the wrong thing, and then we have 10,000 people who can only survive if they have a machine to help them breathe and we don't have enough machines and doctors to get that done."

Schools prepare for online learning in case of shutdown

Mr Andrews yesterday announced the school term would end at the end of the school day today, rather than at the end of the week as originally scheduled.
The National Cabinet last night agreed to keep schools open across the country.
"Term two is scheduled to begin on April 14, unless I have medical advice not to proceed with term two," Mr Andrews said this morning.
But he said: "I'm not making that announcement today."
Tuesday will be a pupil-free day for teachers to plan for online learning in the event schools need to remain closed beyond the school holidays.
Childcare centres and kindergartens are deemed essential services under the shutdown measures.
"But this is step one. There will be further announcements to be made," Mr Andrews said.

Police able to fine, detain, arrest

Police and authorised officers will also be enforcing a mandatory self-isolation period for anyone entering Victoria from overseas.
Under Victoria's state of emergency legislation, those breaking the rules face fines of nearly $20,000 for individuals and nearly $100,000 for businesses.
Mr Andrews warned the closure of pubs was not an invitation to have large gatherings at home.
He said last week, one person at a dinner party had coronavirus and by the end of the evening almost everyone had contracted the virus.

"This spreads rapidly. If you act selfishly people will die," he said.

"Many people are doing the right thing and I'm grateful to them."
Mr Andrews said it was people's "civic duty" to distance themselves from others.
He told ABC Radio Melbourne that the Government was arranging temporary accommodation for people experiencing an escalation in domestic violence because they were forced to stay at home
Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said police saw "quite a number of breaches in relation to indoor gatherings" over the weekend.
"We are upping the ante … this is such a significant issue in terms of people's lives, Victoria Police will have a dedicated team tasked with doing those spot checks and making sure people are following the rules in terms of social gatherings," she said.
"Police have the power to fine you, arrest you, detain you and they will use those powers where needed in the interest of community safety."
Mr Andrews said nobody had been fined or charged for disobeying the self-isolation rules.

Supermarkets, shopping centres stay open

Under the stage one shutdown, shopping centres can remain open.
Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne's east, which is the largest complex in Australia, said only 10 stores out of more than 550 had closed on Monday morning.
"Our centres continue to trade as normal. The Federal Government has made it clear shopping centres continue to provide an essential service to our community," a spokesman said in a statement.
The shutdown is in place until midnight on April 13, but Mr Andrews said it was "highly likely" it would be extended beyond that.
The Government yesterday announced emergency relief packages would be provided to those in self-isolation.
On Friday, the Victorian Farmers Federation said the state had "plenty of food" and told those who were panic-buying to "settle your farm".
Full article from ABC news

Source - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49244792
“An Australian casino has denied an apparent assertion by NBA player Ben Simmons that he was denied entry to the venue due to racial discrimination.
The Philadelphia 76ers star posted a video online on Monday of himself and friends at Melbourne's Crown Casino.
In the now-deleted video, Simmons appears to say that he and his black friends were asked for identification whereas his white friend was not. The casino said it "strenuously rejects" any claims of discrimination.
In a statement on Tuesday, Crown said it conducted identification checks to ensure customers were not aged below 18.
"The group subsequently provided identification and were permitted entry," it said.
The footage showed Simmons pointing to the only white member of his group, and saying: "I find it so crazy that the only guy who doesn't get checked to go into the casino is this guy.
"They didn't let me in, or him, or him, or this guy. Wow, we've got a long a way to go."
Simmons, who was born in Melbourne, also rejected a commentator's suggestion on Tuesday that he was denied entry because he had breached a dress code by wearing camouflage pants.
My friend who got let in also had camouflage pants on ..
Simmons was the top overall pick in the NBA draft in 2016.
He is believed to be Australia's highest-paid athlete after signing a US$170m (£140m) five-year contract extension with the 76ers last month.
The dual US-Australian citizen has also played national matches for Australia. He is yet to confirm whether he will represent Australia in the World Cup in China later this month.”

Hey all,
Interested in seeing how many Melbourne (Australia) poker players we have here and if you'll be hitting the tables at Crown Casino this weekend. I'll probably be there tonight from around 10pm.
Edit: I'm wearing a blue and white collared shirt with a blue puffy jacket. Feel free to come say hi if you see me! :)

I'm writing this and my subconscious is still telling me u will do a soccer bet tomorrow Hey guys I've been gambling for a good 6 years now proper gambling, I've always recreational gambled since I was 16 I'm from ireland and brought up having a few beers on a sat doing a soccer accumulator bit of fun maybe 20 30 pound a week,so I went to australia on a working holiday visa with my x girlfriend togeather 10 years When got to melbourne lived right beside crown casino, 1st night in won 5k on the lucky wheel buzzing what a feeling thought this is easy takes me a month to make 5k, so started playing poker live tables small stakes loved the buzz still recreational maybe once or twice a week 200 limit lost some times won sometimes, Then I started 4 times a week 200 limit then started losing more than in was winning u know how it goes that horrible walk home on a sunday night should of walked out up end up down 1k of ur rent grocery money, Anyways broke up with the women as I always in casino ruined my experience in Australia didnt see much of the country waste of time big regret, so I went home alone so did she When I got home I couldnt settle so I wanted to go travelling again I met my now current fiance Talked her into going to Toronto were I currently live, she trusted me we came she got an unreal job making goo money I also work But I'm gambling everyday on sport every fucking day I owe 6 payday loans of up to 1k each I blew 1k this week my own money weekends u cant look at me I'm.spending all my energy on gambling soccer soccer soccer Last week Atlanta fc missed a penalty to win me 700 dollers I was down 700 and i was waiting on it to even up and not tell my partner I'm broke again when they missed i broke down and actually started crying a grown ass man crying I keep saying il go to ga meeting it's only a 10 min walk from me and I keep backing out thinking I can beat it on my own, I dont want this relationship to break up again she has gave me so many chances and will soon leave I feel pathetic I work so hard and always broke onna monday texting landlord cant make rent and I'm on 6k a month 😪