with us.
to australia now, and melbourne
has awoken to eased coronavirus
restrictions as the number
of covid—19 cases continues
to fall.
the premier of the state
of victoria, daniel andrews,
announced the next stage
in the plan to ease the city's
strict lockdown measures
on sunday, with the dusk till
dawn curfew now lifted.
the eased measures will also
see more than 120,000 people
able to return to work,
while primary school students
will return to the classroom
from october 12.
for more, i'm joined
by our sydney correspondent,
phil mercer.
what conditions had people in
melbourne been living under and
what are the new rules? the
city of melbourne as
australia's second most
populous city, it has been
living under some of the
world's strictest coronavirus
lockdown measures and
melburnians, there are 5
million of them, are now
tasting some of the freedoms
that they have not had since
the city went back into
lockdown in early july.
the city went back into
lockdown in earlyjuly....