It's the plan we have all been waiting to see.
Today Premier Daniel Andrews will reveal just how Victoria plans to ease its way out of coronavirus restrictions and find a new "COVID normal".
But some roadmap details have already been released — here is what we know so far.
There will be different rules for regional areas
The Premier confirmed on Tuesday there would be two separate plans — one for Melbourne, where the majority of COVID-19 infections have occurred, and one for regional Victoria, where there have been far fewer cases.
Regional Victoria is expected to be allowed to ease some restrictions faster than metropolitan Melbourne.
"It will be a series of rules, a series of phases that will be different because the virus is different in regional Victoria," Mr Andrews said.
The roadmap won't be based on specific dates
The Premier has said the roadmaps won't have specific dates attached to the easing of each restriction.
"It won't contain absolutely certain commitments for all of October, November, December."
He said data on virus transmission would determine the dates on which restrictions would be eased.
"We will have to add to that [roadmap] and fill in some of the detail, not based on what we hope, but based on what the data tells us as we get case numbers each day, each week, right throughout the rest of the year," he said.
It's likely to include a 'traffic light system'
Documents shown to businesses earlier this week show the Victorian Government was considering using a traffic light system for workplaces, to show the risk, and level of restrictions, faced by different sectors.
Under that system a red rating would mean businesses must remain closed, an orange rating would allow heavily restricted sectors, a yellow rating would mean fewer restrictions and a green rating would mean operating with a COVID-safe plan.
A sector's rating would be determined by factors including its estimated level of risk, recent compliance levels and the economic return of reopening.
University of New South Wales epidemiology professor Mary-Louise McLaws previously told the ABC such a system could be based on the number of new infections over a two-week period.
Her idea would see restriction levels change in line with the colour-coded alert levels.
Professor McLaws said a clear and defined number of cases for red, amber and green levels would be needed to help people understand why restrictions were being applied.
Workplaces will look different when staff can return
The Victorian Government will encourage workplaces to create "bubbles" where possible, which will limit the number of people staff have close contact with.
This could be done through rostering people into groups that do not come into contact with one another, or restricting the number of sites a person works across.
Workplaces will also be asked to run meetings and breaks outdoors where possible, and to open windows and doors for airflow.
The Premier said cafes, bars, restaurants, retail and personal care industries would be among those covered by the roadmap announcement.
A draft plan was published, but the Government says it's out-of-date
Documents leaked to the Herald Sun newspaper earlier in the week suggested Melbourne's stage 4 lockdown would be extended by a fortnight but people would be allowed to increase their daily outdoor exercise to two hours, and single people and parents would be given the right to have a nominated visitor at home.
The documents also said the state would only see a phased reopening of schools for term four.
The documents showed many restrictions would begin to ease at the end of September, with plans for the nighttime curfew to be lifted and outdoor socialising allowed for up to five people.
But Mr Andrews said the documents published were out-of-date and had "no status".
Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng told media at the time that the "internal working document" did not "represent any decisions that have been made".
He said he had seen dozens of plans since the document that was published was created.
Localised lockdowns are unlikely
On Thursday, Professor Cheng said it was unlikely Melbourne would return to localised lockdowns, where tightened restrictions were reimposed on areas where transmission is higher.
"I don't think that that will probably be possible," he said.
"Mobility within Melbourne is fairly high. And at the moment we are still seeing, even in [local government areas] that don't have many cases, we're still seeing some cases."
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