28 Oct 2020

People elated as Melbourne restrictions ease

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 28 October 2020

Melburnians are enjoying their first day out of strict lockdown, after more than one hundred days of stay-at-home orders.

Those in the state of Victoria have endured one of the world's longest and toughest lockdowns - and it appears to have worked.

At midnight last night, cafes, bars, restaurants, retail stores and beauty parlours were all able to open their doors to the public again - though under strict restrictions.

The ABC's James Hancock has been out and about in Melbourne and spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.