Health authorities in Victoria, NSW and Queensland are scrambling to track down hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the virus during their interstate trip.
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.
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The apparent medical episode that led to the death of a 32-year-old man in police custody in Melbourneâs outer south-east last week happened in âa matter of secondsâ, but exactly how the man died remains unknown.
Victoria Police said the death occurred when officers were arresting a man who had reportedly been walking in traffic on High Street in Cranbourne just before midnight on Tuesday, April 27.
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton.
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A statement issued by the force at the time said officers requested the man get off the road for his own safety, but he continued to walk on the road and became aggressive towards police.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has ordered a review into a police investigation that dismissed allegations of a corrupt forced shutdown of I Cook Foods.
Mr Patton launched the review on Friday 23 April after being urged to “personally intervene” in a letter-of-complaint from ICF director Ian Cook.
Mr Cook claimed the criminal investigation into Greater Dandenong Council and the Department of Health had been “derailed by political interference”.
The review will be conducted by a police detective superintendent and overseen by an assistant commissioner.
The matter has been referred to the police’s Professional Standards Command.