Business groups will abide by new tougher restrictions this week, but they have warned it could be costly.

Ian Horne, Chief Executive of the Australian Hotels Association (SA branch), said the newly imposed rules will come at a very high price for the industry, while Business SA Chief Executive Martin Haese agrees it may be inconvenient, but that the alternative of a lockdown could be “catastrophic”.

In this podcast, Jennie Lenman has a chat with Ian Horne, followed by Martin Haese (who joins at 5 minutes in).