Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has suggested a radical new plan that could see state borders opened in time for the Christmas holidays.
among a range of possible options including temperature checks, Mr Andrews has urged Victorians to stay the course in the hope the borders can reopen in time for Christmas.
Mr Andrews warned if the state opened up too much too soon now, “we could have the place locked up again.” The Victorian Premier also foreshadowed an easing of restrictions in regional areas where there are few COVID cases ahead of metropolitan hot spots. “We’ll have a very different Father’s Day. We have to stay the course on this so we’ll have as close to normal a Christmas Day has possible. All the sacrifice, the hard work that has been done, that has to count for something.”
The easing of restrictions in regional areas was likely to deliver a huge boost to regional economies.
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