Shocking video uploaded to social media showed patrons packed into a bar on Chapel Street in Melbourne s CBD 10minutes before the state entered Lockdown 4.0 at midnight on Thursday.
Doctors have backed the prime minister's proposal to allow vaccinated Australians to be exempt from interstate travel restrictions.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to take the plan to a divided national cabinet next week to convince leaders it will increase domestic freedoms and provide more certainty.
Doctors have backed the proposal saying it will give Australians a good reason to receive the vaccine.
The nation's Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly says the government needs to look for incentives – indicating merchandise and even cash lotteries could be on the table.
Vaccine incentives like cash lottos and discount vouchers are potentially on the table to get Australians to line up for the COVID-19 vaccine, Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly has said.
Countries such as the US have been offering such bonuses to bring more people in to get the jab. At the moment we know there is some hesitancy, particularly in the 50-69 year old age group, Professor Kelly said in a press conference today.
Professor Paul Kelly has said incentives for vaccination must be considered.(9News)
READ MORE: So there is something we need to consider there. And, you know, we can certainly look at that. But I think the main incentive is the one I have mentioned many times, about protecting your own health, not sitting there, waiting for an outbreak, because once an outbreak is here, if it comes, it will be very difficult for us to rollout masses and masses of vaccines quickly.
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American biotechnology firm Moderna has announced it will supply Australia with 25 million doses of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, with the first delivery expected to arrive this year.