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12.47am BST

While this is heartening, 37 people have died in just three days.

We are now seeing the most significant drop in daily cases numbers in Victoria since the second wave began. pic.twitter.com/Fy09VCrYhC

12.46am BST

There is a lot more of this popping up now – federal Victorian government MPs publicly criticising the Andrews government – something the prime minister has said he wants to avoid (at this point)

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