Victoria is suffering from politicians and health officials who love the “nanny state and the exercise of power,” according to Sky News host Alan Jones.
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“Once you start calling in the army, people start getting worried,” Mr Jones said. Premier Andrews has ordered everyone in Metropolitan Melbourne back into stage three lockdowns for six weeks as he warns Victoria is on the “cusp of a second wave” of the killer coronavirus. Mr Andrews said every resident in the city would be banned from leaving their home for at least six weeks as his state recorded another 191 cases.
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