Victorian builders baffled by the decision to stop construction in lockdown

Victorian builders have never faced harsher restrictions than the state’s latest five-day lockdown, with the restrictions halting rebuilding work on fire-affected properties.

Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews says the statewide blanket lockdown is a “circuit breaker” to a growing cluster in Melbourne’s north.

But for Tanya McNamara, whose construction firm has been rebuilding homes in East…