Restrictions will ease slightly across Victoria from Wednesday, when the state is forecast to have vaccinated 80 per cent of its population with at least one jab.
Victorian police have snuffed out a sixth day of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests in Melbourne, dispersing and arresting would-be demonstrators.
Melbourne will be in lockdown until late October, with greater freedoms to be granted to fully vaccinated Victorians once the state reaches the 80 per cent double-dose target.Â
Victoria has recorded 507 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases and another fatality ahead of the release of a comprehensive plan for easing lockdown restrictions.
Victoria's police force will embark on its biggest operation in two decades to quash a Melbourne anti-lockdown protest, as "picnic day" arrives for pandemic-fatigued residents.
