Quote Originally Posted by Zippo View Post
After looking at the sightings thread and seeing sightings .. are Australians able to walk into stores?
Over here in New Zealand, retail stores can only offer contactless delivery - ie, purchase from a website and they will put it into the postal system (some smaller stores allow you to call the store and go to the store to physically pick up something that has been ordered, but you aren't allowed to set foot in the store)
Depends on what kind of store it is, how big it is, and where you are. There are limits to how many people can be in a given store at once, and a lot of shops/businesses that are 'non-essential' are closed, but things like KMart etc are still open to the public, and at least some restaurants are letting people pick up takeaway orders in-store.
AFAIK the restrictions are mostly on a State or regional basis, e.g. I live in North-west Tasmania these days and we've just come out of three weeks of Stage 4 lockdown, so more stores were closed or else not open to the general public. You could still go into supermarkets etc. though.