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Daniel Andrews
“If you were door knocked and you were not found at home...that would almost certainly lead to you being fined," said Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews.
The state recorded the third-highest daily rise in coronavirus cases.
It's the highest daily increase since the pandemic began.
"We're going to be wearing masks in Victoria and potentially in other parts of the country for a very long time," Premier Daniel Andrews said.
"A number of people will die," Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews singled out a minority of people for defying lockdown orders.
As PM Scott Morrison enjoyed a rugby game, NSW Health worked to contain the outbreak at Casula's Crossroads Hotel.
"We did a job that the government couldn't do," says a volunteer who brought supplies to residents who now are under the same restrictions as the rest of the city.
The Victoria and NSW travel permit website briefly stopped working Tuesday night.
Residents under police guard at the Flemington and Kensington towers received veggie curries from the volunteers.