Melbourne and Victoria lockdown: Coronavirus restrictions kick in from midnight

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So, what is and isn't allowed? See our complete guide below.

Under stage four restrictions:

- Shopping for necessary goods and services (one person per household, once per day, a support person can accompany if required)

- Caregiving or compassionate reasons

- Essential work or permitted education

- Exercise (can leave for two hours of exercise)

- Other specified reasons (specific exemptions apply)

Travel limit of 5km from place of primary residence

- Must be carried at all times

- Must be worn indoors and outdoors except if at home, or if an exemption applies

- Not permitted. Intimate partner visits are allowed

- Not permitted (two people for exercise, or members of your household)

- If you can work from home, you must work from home

- Essential workers and workplaces defined below

- Early learning centres, childcare, family day care: Open

- School: Schools closed but open for vulnerable children and the children of essential workers

- Higher education and training: Closed, remote learning only

- Religious gatherings and ceremonies: No in-person gatherings permitted. Broadcast permitted

- Funerals: Funerals (indoor and outdoor): Involves no more than 10 people (and those necessary to conduct the funeral)

- Weddings: Weddings (indoor and outdoor): Not permitted unless end of life or other exceptional reasons. Involves only 5 persons (including the two persons being married, celebrant, two witnesses)

Indoor physical recreation and sport: closed

- Play centres, indoor skateparks, indoor trampolining centres: closed

- Outdoor physical recreation and sport: closed.

- Outdoor playgrounds remain open

- Swimming pools, hydrotherapy pools, spas, saunas, steam rooms, springs: closed

Closed unless hosting an essential public support service

Creative Studios: Closed

(When an entertainment or leisure facility hosts an activity which fulfils the definition of a one-off public event, the Restricted Activity Directions allow for organisers to apply for their activity to be considered under the Public Events Framework (PEF)

Closed. Except professional athletes are defined as essential workers, venues hosting professional sporting competitions can open, with essential staff attending to ensure the safe running of the event. No spectators.

- Essential retail: open, density quotient 1 per 4sqm

- Other/general retail: closed

- Auction houses: closed

- Hairdressing, beauty, personal care: closed

Closed; open for takeaway only

Closed unless for permitted reasons, or shelter in place. No new bookings.

- Inspections: closed

- Auctions: Closed. Online only, conditions apply.

- Tourism spaces and tour transport: closed

Visitor restrictions: no visitors are permitted into aged care or other residential facility settings, except for end-of-life reasons; non-essential contractors are restricted from entry

Visitor restrictions: No visitors are permitted into health care settings, except for end-of-life reasons, as a support partner for birth, or a parent to accompany a child; Non-essential contractors are restricted from entry.

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