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Within two months every state and territory could be completely free of lockdowns as more Australians get vaccinated for Covid, experts have revealed.
On Friday 163,000 people across the country turned out to vaccinations centres and rolled up their sleeve for the jab - marking a new daily record.
Deakin University s chair in epidemiology Professor Catherine Bennett said the numbers were a heartening signal that an end to restrictions were in sight.
She explained once about a third of Australians are fully vaccinated - that is have had both the initial and follow up vaccine shots - then lockdowns would not be needed.