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VICTORIA'S STATEWIDE LOCKDOWN - ALL THE RESTRICTIONS YOU NEED TO KNOW

A lockdown for regional Victoria applies from 1pm on Saturday with restrictions in line with Melbourne minus the curfew. 

Lockdown restrictions apply until 11.59pm on Thursday, September 2.

A curfew for those in Melbourne only includes: 

Between 9:00pm and 5:00am, you cannot leave your home (or the home of your intimate partner or bubble buddy) except for limited reasons including:

- authorised work

- health and medical purposes

- care and support of a child or someone with special needs

- in an emergency or to escape harm

Across Victoria you cannot leave your home other than for one of the five following reasons:

- shopping for necessary goods and services

- caregiving or compassionate reasons, including medical care or to get a COVID-19 test

- authorised work (with a permit) or permitted education

- exercise (once a day for 2 hours, no more than 5km from where you live)

- to get a COVID-19 vaccination

Victorians may also leave home to visit their intimate partner, their single social bubble buddy, or in an emergency – including those at risk of family violence.

You must stay within 5km of your home for shopping and exercise. This limit does not apply to permitted work or education, when giving or receiving care, getting a COVID-19 vaccination or visiting an intimate partner or your single social bubble buddy.

Residents of Metropolitan Melbourne must not travel to regional Victoria other than for permitted reasons. These include:

- for authorised work or permitted education

- to visit an intimate partner

- for care and compassionate reasons

- to access COVID-19 vaccination provided it is to the closest facility where vaccination can be obtained, or

- to access necessary good and services provided this is to the closest facility where these can be obtained. 

Face masks must be worn indoors and outdoors whenever you leave your home.

Public gatherings are not allowed across the state.  

Childcare will be limited to only essential workers and vulnerable families using a permit system that was used in 2020. 

Children at primary school are also asked to wear masks but this is not mandatory. 

Weddings cannot proceed and funerals are capped at 10 attendees. 

Across the state construction sites will only be allowed to have 25 per cent of their workers on site. 

Essential shops remain open. Cafes and pubs will be able to remain open for takeaway only. 

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