3AW Mornings with Tom Elliott

The state government is increasingly using frightening language when talking about COVID-19.

Neil Mitchell says Victorians need more explanation, and less fearmongering.

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Some light has emerged from the state's forth lockdown.

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The leader of the Reason Party says she doesn't believe the situation has got worse in North Richmond, despite police data suggesting the opposite.

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Wayne Gatt has likened the government's stance to the new drug-injecting room to a TV comedy.

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Professor at ANU Medical School, Peter Collignon, who is also a member of the Infection Control Expert Group which advises the federal government on the pandemic, says "signs are at the moment that Victoria is doing well".

Here's his view.

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Some are speculating a Melbourne-only lockdown will be introduced after Thursday.

But the police union says it doesn't support another ring of steel on the metropolitan fringe.

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Commander Mark Galliott said a number of police were recalled from holidays due to the overwhelming demand for staff.

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The state secretary of Australia's nursing union says she expects Victoria's private aged care facilities to remain in lockdown beyond Thursday.

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