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Daniel Andrews

Meanwhile police arrested 74 people and fined 176 for breaching public health orders as scattered protests continued in Melbourne.
The state leader of Victoria was asked to explain why intimate partners don’t have to wear masks during stage four lockdown visits.
Total pandemic deaths in the state crossed 700 on Thursday.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called the Victoria lockdown extension "hard and crushing news".
“We cannot open up at this time. If we were to we would lose control very quickly,” Premier Dan Andrews said.
Victoria is expected to reduce new daily infections to near single-digits by mid-September.
Victoria’s coronavirus death toll jumped by 41 on Monday as the state recorded 73 new cases.
“Hopefully soon we’ll see those numbers in double digits and we can have ... a really clear discussion about what the back end of September looks like,” Daniel Andrews said.
Premier Daniel Andrews is trying to push legislation to extend Victoria's state of emergency declaration by another year.