A night curfew, taped-off playgrounds and worker permits will return to Melbourne as Victoria seeks to avoid NSW’s plight of hundreds of new cases a day.
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Daniel Andrews is pictured announcing he will return to work on June 28 after breaking his back
The Victorian Opposition has listed 30 fundamental mistakes made by the state government as it calls for another inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
After Victoria s fourth crippling lockdown ended last week, the Liberal Nationals want to re-open a parliamentary inquiry which was suspended in late 2020.
The inquiry heard public evidence from Premier Daniel Andrews, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton and Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton - but no-one could say who made the decision to use private security instead of police to guard quarantine hotels, a key reason for the state s 112-day lockdown last winter.
Health Department officials have been meeting with three powerful crossbenchers whose demands are set to radically change the way the government manages COVID-19.
A leading epidemiologist has labelled the state government’s move to keep masks mandatory outdoors a “burden”. It comes as Melburnians are freed from lockdown.