Others might disagree with this interpretation but it seemed like from what was said in the presser today, the Vic government are probably going to try (as best as possible) to implement ‘targeted’ measures/restrictions (like the ones you outlined in a previous post) before going to a ‘blanket’ approach
A further blanket approach I’m not sure will work. It’s too late now. The economy won’t be able to handle it anymore (after pretty much 5 months of restrictions) and it doesn’t necessarily address where the cases are coming from. What I’m noticing/feeling this week is that people really are starting to suffer lockdown fatigue, so I think harsher blanket restrictions might not go down too well with a lot of people. They need to think longer term. Tweaking things in certain settings is the right approach IMO, so even when we come out the other side some of these restrictions can then stay in place in certain environments as other restrictions come off.
Also as a side note… Does anyone else notice a lot of tradies not wearing masks? I just went out for my walk and I pass quite a few different construction sites and I always seem to see at least 1 or 2 without a mask.
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I am regional Victoria. I just came back from Chemist Warehourse, next to a new high rise being built. Everyone in the shop had a mask on, the dozen odd tradies did not.
I think that profession is most certainly on the hit list. Shutting down the trade industry will be a hard one. Either they close the whole thing down, or implement very tight restrictions. The large scale projects might need to be put on hold.
It could be a very long list of specific industries and their specific restrictions as all will have different approaches.
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Yep I’m thinking they will very likely be hit with new measures.
I was just reading that there is apparently a shortage of chicken at numerous KFC stores in Victoria. KFC seems to be a go to place during lockdown.
Have schoolies at mum and dad’s place this year ? 
You seem to flip flop a lot on this. One minute you call for lock downs (provided it doesn’t affect what you want) yet want others in lock down. What side are you truly on in this? 
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Too many party donors.
Won’t it lead to meat having to be brought in from interstate? That means prices could go higher.
You can’t be serious?
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It possibly already is
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Do you want to buy corona meat instead?
If that needs to happen in the short term, then so be it. There are too many cases in those environments.
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having anxity and social anxiety , having exprenscing the 1st lock down till june. i never wanted to go back into lockdown everagain . i would have done anything not to experenice that again . but after watching daniel press confrence and when he said that rual and regional and victoria would be class under a speical zone with melboune in lockdown i could not have been more happier to finally to get back to business i was happy with. But that all turned around after chatting with turdall and see what jbar him imself told me and watching more of the press confrences i finally have a change of heart. seeing people my parents age dying finally realised that i was shelfish and it finally charged my mind. Now i think the only thing we can do to truly stop this is to go back into lock down so no more people have to die. and i truly now think that the govt has truly stuffed this up once and for all
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I don’t think coronavirus can be transmitted via raw food.
EXCLUSIVE details on Shepparton’s only active COVID case - it’s come from Aged Care:
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Hey thanks for explaining. I totally get what you are saying now. 
At the end of the day, Melbourne (and Victoria) can’t continue down this path. We are currently in no mans land.
Stage 3 is only preventing the outbreak from getting worse. It’s not pushing the numbers down.
Further restrictions are going to be needed to push these numbers down and to allow our economy to get back on track.
If I for one…, need to give up meat and chicken for a few weeks, then so be it.
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for your guys informtion and benefits:
Australia’s top medical experts to spend Saturday deciding further Victorian restrictions
By Michael Fowler, Rob Harris and Sumeyya Ilanbey
The Victorian government has overhauled its COVID-19 crisis leadership team as the nation’s top medical experts prepare to recommend stage four restrictions to suppress the state’s surging coronavirus case numbers.
Late on Friday evening, a government spokesperson confirmed the state’s Emergency Management Commissioner, Chief Health Officer and Police Chief Commissioner will be given greater influence over the government’s effort to bring the state’s coronavirus crisis under control.
Amid the leadership shake-up, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Daniel Andrews called on the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, the nation’s key decision making committee for health emergencies, to conduct intensive analysis of Victoria’s coronavirus data ahead of an expected announcement on Sunday.
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the panel faced “impossible decisions” that could cause widespread economic ruptures with the closure of non-essential businesses, tougher restrictions on high-risk workplaces and tighter limits on movement between suburbs of Melbourne and Mitchell Shire.Professor Sutton said tougher restrictions would bring “really significant consequences” but admitted that after a record 723 new cases on Thursday and 42 deaths since Sunday, a tougher lockdown appeared unavoidable.
“It may be the case that an intervention in a certain area [such as high-risk workplaces] will make a difference. It may also be the case that we look at restrictions in areas that are not a driver of transmission,” Professor Sutton said.
Five months after COVID-19 took hold in Australia, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton have been appointed to be part of the State Control Centre meetings, which will now be chaired by Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp.
The Department of Health and Human Services secretary, Kym Peake, has been appointed to the role of State Controller for Health. Professor Allen Cheng, from The Alfred hospital, Professor Rhonda Stuart, from Monash Health, and Professor Paul Johnson, from Austin Health, have joined the DHHS as Professor Sutton’s deputies, after Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen decided to return to her former role of managing other communicable diseases, including the avian flu.
EXCLUSIVE: 6 News understands Stage 4 restrictions will be in place for parts, if not all of Vic. from August 3:
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