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‘Incredibly difficult’: Moomba festival cancelled for first time in history – The Age
Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp says it was an ‘incredibly difficult decision’ to cancel Moomba for the first time since it began in 1955.
Cr Capp said about 1.3 million people usually come to Moomba, each Labour Day weekend, this year scheduled from March 5 to 8. But because of COVID-19 safety requirements, we would be able to only have around 14,000 attendees at Moomba each day.
She said Melbournes five-day snap lockdown happened at a critical time for the planning and some suppliers, particularly from interstate, were unable to commit to the event.
Last years Moomba monarchs Julia Morris and Nazeem Hussain with lord mayor Sally…
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