Victorians are waking up under the harshest restrictions in the country’s history after Daniel Andrews declared a ‘state of disaster’ due to the deadly second wave of coronavirus.The Premier has imposed stage four restrictions, which include a daily curfew from 8pm to 5am, with Melbourne residents only allowed to leave their home during those hours “to get care, to give care, or to go to and from work or be at work”.
“We can no longer have people simply out and about for no good reason whatsoever,” Mr Andrews said yesterday as he announced the new restrictions, which will last for six weeks and could wipe up to $9 billion from the national budget forecasts.
State opposition leader Michael O’Brien slammed the move, saying Victorians “don’t deserve this”.”In declaring a State of Disaster, Premier Daniel Andrews has conceded that his government has lost control of COVID-19 in this state,” Mr O’Brien said.
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