Here are the key developments in a big day for Victorians.

• Most of Melbourne's businesses will not return to normal operations until late October, under a strict reopening plan that will see the city's tough stage four restrictions extended by at least a fortnight. Read about all the lockdown rules here.
• Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the Victorian government's staged reopening would impose serious economic costs on the state and the nation. Read the full story here.
• For Victoria, leaving stage 4 and entering "COVID normal", requires no new cases for 28 days, no active cases in the state, and no outbreaks of concern in the rest of Australia. Good luck with that. Read Phil Coorey's column here.
• Daniel Andrews' non-plan is designed to demonstrate that the only way to kill off the virus in the state is to kill Victoria's economy for the rest of the year. Little wonder the business community is aghast at the devastating impact. Read Jennifer Hewett's column here.
• Victoria's extension of its tough lockdown uses modelling originally developed to support the aggressive elimination of COVID-19. Read the full story here.
• Melbourne's once-thriving hospitality scene will be "decimated" by the tough new timeline for reopening announced by Daniel Andrews on Sunday. Read the full story here.