Victorian businesses require and deserve an immediate exit strategy from the current Victorian lockdowns, which is causing “needless economic, mental health, and health damage,” Australia’s peak industry body said. “There appears to be no justification to keep an entire city of 5 million people in a prolonged lockdown for a handful of connected cases each day,” Australian Industry Group (AiG) CEO Innes Willox said in a statement in June 5. “This lockdown has been marked by exaggerated language, and doomsday prophesies from Victoria’s health leaders that have not come to pass,” Willox said, evidenced by the low case numbers, zero deaths, and the fact that hospitals have not been overwhelmed. He said businesses understood the importance of following health advice; however, they could not see it, causing trust in the government’s decision-making to deteriorate. “The hard reality is COVID will be with us for a long time no matter the …