Liberal MP Tim Smith says Victorians have lost confidence in their government’s ability to handle the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Victoria was forced into a fourth lockdown on Thursday with early figures suggesting it could cost the state’s economy as much as $1 billion.
Mr Smith has called on the state government to take responsibility to provide financial assistance to businesses which have closed due to their “incompetence”.
“There’s a nervousness here, our confidence is shot because this is the only state in this nation where this has happened four times,” he told Sky News.
“Hospitality owners are incredulous, incandescent with rage and utterly depressed.
”This is fairly and squarely on the head of the state Treasurer Tim Pallas, the acting Premier James Merlino and Daniel Andrews ... to support these businesses which they have closed down because of their incompetence.”
