Ms Brooke Burke, Morwell Business Owner, expressed some of the difficulties faced by small business employers. She told the Board that she had difficulty obtaining information about whether or not it was safe to keep the studio open during the fire, but found was very hard to find someone that could tell ‘it us if we were or to open]. Obviously not weren’t [safe being a Government agency, we have anyone didn’t in direct contact with us as to whether the building was safe to be Ms Burke attempted to contact in.’206 the Latrobe City Council to ask if there was someone to speak to about what local business should do. She was told that there was no one appointed at the time to assist local businesses.207
Ms Brooke Burke, Morwell Business Owner, expressed some of the difficulties faced by small business employers. She told the Board that she had difficulty obtaining information about whether or not it was safe to keep the studio open during the fire, but found ‘it was very hard to find someone that could tell us if we were or weren’t [safe to open]. Obviously not being a Government agency, we didn’t have anyone in direct contact with us as to whether the building was safe to be in.’206 Ms Burke attempted to contact the Latrobe City Council to ask if there was someone to speak to about what local business should do. She was told that there was no one appointed at the time to assist local businesses.207
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