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A store holding a closing down sale in Melbourne Source: AAP

The multi-billion-dollar cost of Melbourne's prolonged lockdown has prompted the government to hold off plans to limit the scheme.


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By Brett Mason, Julia Carr-Catzel

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The multi-billion-dollar cost of Melbourne's prolonged lockdown has prompted the government to hold off plans to limit the scheme.


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