Acting Victorian premier James Merlino has refused to give a straight answer about why Victoria is the only state going into a fourth lockdown when he was grilled by journalists at a press conference on Thursday.
Mr Merlino, who is replacing Daniel Andrews while he recovers from a back injury, was continually asked why Victoria was enduring yet another round of tough restrictions as the rest of the country remains open.
Victoria will enter a stage 3 lockdown from Thursday midnight that will last for seven days with schools closed and only five reasons to leave home - as a Covid cluster containing the highly infectious Indian strain grew to 26.
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Retired police officer, 84, dies in Jersey City house fire
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Retired police officer, 84, dies in Jersey City fire
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
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A retired Jersey City police officer who helped pave the way for Black officers in the department died in a two-alarm fire Thursday.
Dorothy Bellinger, 84, was found in a second floor bedroom when firefighters responded to the two-story home at 270 Clerk Street at 10:45 a.m. and were met with heavy fire and smoke conditions on the second floor. She was pronounced dead at 11:44 a.m.
A fire captain suffered minor injuries in the blaze, which is the second fatal home fire in the city in the past nine days. On Feb. 10, a fire at 470 Martin Luther King Drive killed an 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old brother.