Added 1273 Cases! Melbourne Restaurant Hires Robots To Ease Labor Pressure!

In the past 24 hours, there were 1,273 new cases and 8 deaths. 88% of people over 12 years old are vaccinated. Mantra Tullamarine, Four Points, Holiday Inn Airport, Novotel South Wharf and Intercontinental hotels will cease operations next Tuesday to accept COVID-19 quarantine.

2. Recently, a restaurant in Melbourne has become a "net celebrity restaurant", becoming a new check-in place. Due to a shortage of staff, a Melbourne restaurant uses robots to work for itself.

3. ANZ Bank predicts that house prices will fall in 2023. Felicity Emmett and Adelaide Timbrell of the bank's economic team predict that the price increase of more than 20% this year will slow to 6% next year before prices start to fall in 2023.

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In the past 24 hours, there were 1,273 new cases and 8 deaths. 88% of people over 12 years old are vaccinated.

Seven hotels in Melbourne will stop operating as isolation facilities before the end of the year, because Victoria has entered a new era in which most COVID-19 restrictions on vaccination have been lifted.

This move is expected to save the Andrews government more than A$100 million in this fiscal year and will allow laid-off employees of international airlines working in hotels to return to the aviation industry.

Mantra Tullamarine, Four Points, Holiday Inn Airport, Novotel South Wharf and Intercontinental hotels will cease operations next Tuesday to accept COVID-19 quarantine. The Novotel hotels in Collins and Stamford Plaza will follow suit on December 27th.

Victorian COVID Quarantine Commissioner Emma Cassar said that due to changes in international border arrangements and reduced demand, hotels were closed early.

The Victorian government will again consult with neutral members of the House of Lords before attempting to pass new epidemic laws, which have sparked continued protests outside the state parliament, despite important amendments.

The vote in the Legislative Council yesterday was postponed because the state government apparently did not have enough people to pass the current form of legislation. The bill aims to replace Victoria’s existing emergency laws and will give the then Prime Minister and the Minister of Health the power to declare a pandemic and issue health orders (as is the case in New South Wales).

Melbourne restaurant introduces robotic staff

Recently, a restaurant in Melbourne forwarded the "Internet celebrity restaurant" and became a new check-in place. Due to a shortage of staff, a Melbourne restaurant uses robots to work for itself.

At the Dodee Paidang Thai restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD, the robot waiter is called Deligo

These machines deliver food directly from the kitchen to the diners.

Restaurant owner Boon Low said that using a robot is as simple as “press a button and tell them which tray and table number”.

The purchase cost of each robot is A$24,000, but as part of the lease agreement, Mr. Low rents them at a price of A$48 per robot per day-which is roughly equivalent to paying someone to work for two hours.

Mr. Low said that after the COVID-19 lockdown was over, it was difficult for him to find enough attendants, and he decided to bring robots into his business.

However, the robot also helped him reduce costs after difficult times.

He said: "In all circumstances, we decided to keep the price as low as possible."

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When the restaurant went through unexpected busy periods, they also allowed him to keep up with demand.

He said: "If we are not predicting a busy lunch shift, we can actually use robots to help.

Paul Guerra of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the staffing shortage may continue until Australia’s international borders open next month.

"Unfortunately, the shortage of employees is now a fact that we have to face," he said.

"This is not just the Central Business District, but the entire state."

Seek's October data showed that hotel job advertisements surged by 204% last month, and the number of people viewing job advertisements was almost less than ever before.

This issue is raised in the Victorian Parliament today.

Employment Minister Jaala Pulford (Jaala Pulford) said: “Because we are getting rid of the blockade last winter, the current unemployment rate is lower than this time last year.”

"The biggest problem facing Victorian businesses is the shortage of labor and skills."

Opposition Minister David Davis said that compared with six months ago, the number of Victorians working or actively seeking jobs has dropped by 113,000.

Mr. Guerra told Victorians that now is the time to enter the labor market. A large number of jobs have begun to be recruited by the general public.