Aug 2, 2021 | Business, Community, Health

Logan City Centre’s response to the Latest COVID-19 lockdown

  • Rod Stephen is a former television journalist and has worked as Foreign Editor for the Seven Network, Australian Bureau Chief for TV3 New Zealand, UK correspondent for Seven and ABC radio and as a producer for Reuters TV in London as well as SBS in Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Brisbane to work at 4BC.

It’s Monday August 2 , 2021 – day two of the of the extended COVID-19 lockdown in south east Queensland.

Here at Logan City Centre the only businesses that are open are those that comply with Queensland Health COVID-19 regulations.

They include the shops which sell food, other essential items and a Cash Converters business.

The Gym will remain shut until this lockdown is lifted which is expected to happen this Sunday at 4pm.

Centre Manager, Tracy Warren isn’t happy about the lockdown.

The following businesses and activities in Logan City and the other locked down areas must close during the lockdown unless an exception applies:

  • Retail food services including pubs, restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets except for takeaway and home delivery services
  • Entertainment facilities such as theatres, cinemas, music halls and concert halls
  • Face-to-face learning at universities, TAFEs or other higher education settings.
  • Major sports stadiums convention centres and showgrounds
  • Indoor and outdoor events such as marathons, cultural festivals, fetes, expos
  • Theme parks, outdoor amusement parks, tourism experiences and arcades
  • Zoos, aquariums and wildlife centres, except to provide maintenance and care for animals
  • Hairdressers
  • Amusement centres such as places to play billiards, pool, pinball machines or video games
  • Gyms, health clubs, fitness centres, yoga, barre, spin facilities and dance studios
  • Indoor and outdoor sporting centres and venues including netball, golf, tennis and lawn bowls
  • Public playgrounds, skateparks, BMX tracks and outside gyms including static exercise equipment in Council parks
  • Public barbeques such as barbeques in public spaces or shared facilities
  • Places of public worship, except for weddings and funerals in line with the person limits. Religious ceremonies may be livestreamed.
  • Spas, nail salons, hairdressers, beauty salons, waxing salons, tanning salons, tattoo parlours, non-therapeutic massage and water-based spa services
  • Massage parlours unless providing massage therapy for the management or prevention of disease, injury or condition by a registered health practitioner or qualified massage therapist
  • Auction houses
  • Betting agencies and gaming lounges
  • Casinos, gaming or gambling venues, including wagering outlets that are accessible by members of the public
  • Markets, except for food and farmers markets only selling food
  • Galleries, museums and libraries
  • Community facilities, such as community halls excluding the provision of hosting essential voluntary or public services such as foodbanks and homeless services
  • Sex on premises services, sex services premises and strip clubs
  • Public swimming pools (apartment/body corporate complex pools can stay open if they are only used by permanent residents)
  • Nightclubs

Construction can continue. Where construction is on a site that is or includes a home residence or workplace, essential construction can continue however interactions between workers and residents, staff or visitors to the workplace should be kept to a minimum.

These details and other information about the lockdown can be found on the Queensland Health website 

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