Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says authorities are investigating whether the outbreak at the Crossroads Hotel was linked to Victoria, but initial reports suggest it could be the prime source. Follow live.
Mr Hunt was asked what the tipping point would be for Victoria to go into another phase of the lockdown."Look, at this stage, they are working through their options. They haven't ruled anything out."We have done it once, we know we can do it again.
"But it does mean everybody doing the really difficult things — staying at home; keeping that distance if you can reach out and touch somebody other than our household members, that's too close; the cough etiquette; the masks where you can't social distance."We spoke to experts about what it could potentially involve. You can read about that
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