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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been discharged from hospital to begin a significant period of rehabilitation at home for a spinal injury that will see him on leave for at least six weeks .
Mr Andrews suffered broken ribs and a fractured T7 vertebra after slipping on wet stairs at a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula on 9 March.
In a statement released on Monday, he said it had been a long, painful and difficult week and said he would be on leave for at least six weeks . I landed flat on my back and hit the steps hard directly below the shoulder blades fracturing at least five ribs and sustaining an acute compression fracture of the T7 vertebra, Mr Andrews said.