Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to announce the removal of the so-called "ring of steel" separating metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Key points:
- Travel restrictions between metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria are set to lift
- Limits on patron numbers are due to ease further for hospitality and some indoor sport will be permitted
- The changes due to to be announced later today are designed to align Melbourne with regional Victoria
Melbourne has had a travel border around it, restricting movement into regional Victoria. Melbournians without the correct permits faced fines of nearly $5,000 for trying to sneak into regional Victoria.
Police checkpoints at key roads on Melbourne's outskirts are expected to disappear at midnight and people will be able to move freely around the state again.
Melbourne's 25-kilometre travel radius is also due to go as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.
Victoria has recorded zero coronavirus cases and no deaths for eight consecutive days.
Today's announcements, due to be confirmed by Mr Andrews at a media conference at 10:00am, are designed to align Melbourne with regional Victoria's restrictions.
While face coverings will continue to be mandatory state-wide for the foreseeable future and people will be asked to continue to work from home if possible, other changes are coming.
Sport and recreation
Indoor gyms and fitness centres are due to be able to resume operating with a density restriction of one person per 8 square metres.
Indoor swimming pools, including swimming classes, should be able to resume but with a maximum of 20 people.
Non-contact indoor activities such as dance classes for people aged 18 and under are expected to be allowed to resume, but with a maximum of 20 people or one person per 4 square metres.
Participants will need to maintain a distance of 1.5 metres.
Indoor non-contact sport for people aged 18 and under will also likely be allowed, with spectators limited to just one parent or guardian.
Indoor trampoline centres are also expected to be able to reopen for people aged 18 and under, with density limits in place.
Hospitality
Capacity limits for Melbourne's cafes, pubs and restaurants are expected to rise from 20 indoors and 50 outdoors to 40 people indoors and 70 outdoors, subject to density restrictions.
Electronic gaming is likely to return but with density limits.
Libraries
People will be allowed back into libraries, but there's likely to be a limit of 20 people allowed indoors, with no more than 10 people in a space.
Religious gatherings and ceremonies
While there is not expected to be any change to rules around weddings or indoor funerals, outdoor funeral services will be allowed 50 mourners, up from the current limit of 20, with infants not included in the total.
Limits on outdoor religious gatherings are expected to rise from 20 people to 50 people and a faith leader.
Real estate inspections
The limit for real estate inspections is likely to be increased to 10 people from any number of households.
Accommodation and tourism
Tourism operators are primed to resume business.
Accommodation is expected to be allowed to open but each booking would be restricted to members of a single household or intimate partners.
Tour vehicles are set to be able to operate outdoors for trips of up to 30 minutes with passenger limits depending on the size of the vehicle.
Social gatherings
The current limit of groups of up to 10 people, from two households, allowed to gather in public outdoor areas is not expected to change.
But it is not yet clear if restrictions will be eased for home visits.
Visiting people at their homes is currently permitted, but with limits.
Up to two people and their dependents can visit a household, but only once per day.
Mr Andrews has repeatedly stressed coronavirus is most dangerous indoors in homes, and it is not clear yet if he will announce any daily increase to the number of people allowed to visit a private home.
But he has also said he wants all of Victoria to be "COVID-normal" by Christmas, which has been defined as no restrictions on gatherings, visitors, hospitality or sport.
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