Military spy aircraft tracking your movements from 2km above — it was the government’s eerie plan to crack down on Victorians during lockdown. Here’s why it was scrapped at the last minute.
With anger over costly COVID-19 restrictions growing, some businesses have approached a class action law firm about taking on the Andrews government over hotel quarantine failings that may have led to Victoria’s second wave.
A government department was formally alerted about worrying behaviour from hotel quarantine security guards just days before filming a bizarre video, which former Labor leader Bill Shorten has compared to an episode of The Office. WATCH THE VIDEO
New problems continue to arise at the troubled $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel project with a strange twist likely to risk more delays to the construction, which is already likely to run a year behind schedule.
Stage four restrictions are now in force as a state of disaster is declared across Victoria. Melburnians are banned from leaving home at night and must stay within 5km of their property. The restrictions follow 671 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, with the Premier declaring he had no choice but to declare a tough six-week shutdown.
Victoria is on the brink of massive stage 4 lockdown restrictions, expected to be triggered on Sunday or Monday, that would see students sent back to remote learning and only supermarkets, pharmacies and service stations allowed to trade in Melbourne and key regional areas of Victoria. HERE ARE ALL THE DETAILS.
It’s increasingly apparent that tougher restrictions are needed to stop the spread of coronavirus in Victoria. So, as stage 4 lockdown looms, businesses struggling to stay afloat and tired Victorians need Dan Andrews to get it right, writes Matt Johnston.
Lockdown challenges are real for all Victorians — even state leaders who are balancing work with home schooling and never-ending online meetings. Here’s how some of them adapted to the coronavirus crisis.
As Victoria’s coronavirus crisis grew this month, so has the state’s contact tracing team. But a combination of human error and delays has impacted its capacity to contain the second wave of the virus — and now, hard questions are being asked.
An alarming number of Victorians are going out while feeling sick or awaiting COVID-19 test results, with Premier Daniel Andrews warning the lockdown will be extended if people keep failing to isolate. It comes as the state recorded a new daily high for virus cases and another meat processing plant shut down due to a number of cases.
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