Opposition leader John Pesutto says new information was provided to party leadership from Moira Deeming at 6.30am this morning that changed things. “Whilst it took a few days Moira actually, provided the condemnation, I've been seeking all along”. “The conduct I wanted condemned has been condemned,” Pesutto says. He says this included condemnation by Deeming of “bigotry against LGBTI community”.

Premier Daniel Andrews is giving his first State of the State address since 2019. He says the biggest drivers of growth over the next 10 years will be states and territories: "The problem at the moment is that there is no national reform agenda coming out of the national govt." "It's disappointing but you cannot have a debate and a discussion about the future without acknowledging that point," Andrews says.

Today’s 12 new COVID-19 cases:
* 5 linked to AAMI Park outbreak
* 3 linked to Ms Frankie
* 2 at the Burnley Apartment complex (they live on same floor as another positive case)
* 1 linked to Bacchus Marsh Grammar
* 1 linked to Young and Jacksons The two cases who were infectious in the community were out for only a day, so there won’t be many exposure sites.

I have a day off today but yes I tuned into the presser. Here’s today’s cases:
* 4 linked to AAMI Park cluster
* 2 Ms Frankie
* 2 Trinity students
* 1 St Pat’s
* 1 Bacchus Marsh Grammar
* 1 Phillip Island
* 1 City of Hume
* 1 West Gate Tunnel
* 1 at Young & Jacksons Ten of the 14 cases were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period. If this trend continues, the premier is confident lockdown will lift as planned next Tuesday.

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Premier Daniel Andrews says we’re not seeing an new chains of transmission open up, which is good. "It is unfolding as we hoped it would,” he says. One of the new COVID-19 cases is in Mildura though. Too soon to release regional Victoria from lockdown. The Mildura case is IN ADDITION to today’s 16 new COVID-19 cases. He was at the Carlton v Geelong match at the MCG, seated in the MCC section. on Saturday July 10.

“Constant criticism, political point-scoring, the loudest voices, which I don't think speak for quite as many people as they say ... doesn't work against this virus,” Premier Daniel Andrews says. Apologies for the lack of tweeting mid-presser. The premier also said he couldn't guarantee that this third, snap lockdown would be our last. "I'm not prepared to pretend to the Victorian community that this is over," he said.

Premier Daniel Andrews confirms lockdown will end at 11:59pm tonight. “I am very proud of every single Victorian for the work that they've done, for the sacrifice they’ve made,” he says. Some restrictions to remain. More via @AAPNewswire From 11:59pm tonight:
* Four reasons to leave home and 5km rule scrapped.
* Masks will be required both indoors and outdoors when you can’t physically distance.
* Only five visitors allowed at home. Twenty outdoors.

Premier Daniel Andrews says returned travellers at the Holiday Inn at Flinders Lane have chosen to wear garbage bags over their heads when being transferred to the Pullman Hotel to protect their privacy. “They’ve made that decision not us. And they're entitled to,” he says. The head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria Emma Cassar also spoke on this: "We have really nervous residents who don't want their privacy displayed on the news. This is why they are taking those steps. Our PPE requirements for guests leaving is a surgical mask and hand sanitiser".

The Victorian government is looking at alternative models of quarantine, including constructing accommodation outside of the CBD. More soon via @AAPNewswire The Victorian government will be sending a delegation to Howard Springs in the NT to take a look at their model.

"It's going as well as we could expect. Every single case has been linked. Those immediate social and household close contacts testing negative, that's all terrific news," Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says. "I am always aware that we can have a day when something comes completely out of left field, so I hope that doesn't happen," he says.

Victoria's one locally acquired COVID-19 case today is the mother of a three-year-old child who tested positive to the virus on Sunday. Both cases linked to the family function at Coburg on February 6. Premier Daniel Andrews says the woman is asymptomatic, was swabbed four times over February 13 and 14 and returned both negative and weak positive results.

The opposition aren’t getting much love for their no confidence motion this morning. Leader Michael O’Brien says a lot of unnamed Labor MPs are “privately very, very critical of the government” and has called on them to back the motion and cross the floor. More via @AAPNewswire Transport Minister Ben Carroll has labeled it a political stunt. “We know it will fail,” he says. He reckons Victorians are more concerned about the pandemic recovery.

Victoria's controversial bill to split the Country Fire Authority has been voted DOWN after the state opposition reneged on parliamentary pairing arrangements at the eleventh hour. #springst For those playing at home - Liberal MPs Craig Ondarchie and Bernie Finn were provided a pairing for religious reasons - meaning two Labor MPs absented themselves from parliament.