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"&lt;p&gt;Premier Daniel Andrews has just confirmed Mitchell Shire will stay at stage three, unlike metro Melbourne which will move to stage four.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;They will be back as part of regional Victoria and that is on the basis of expert advice and the number of cases and the chains of transmission we have seen,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And Mr Andrews has said existing rules on intimate partners remain unchanged under the new restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;"
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