Covid-19 Australia: Victoria set to lift restrictions as state ahead of 70 per ...

Victoria is set to lift a range of restrictions sooner than expected with the state ahead of schedule to reach its 70 per cent vaccination target.  

Premier Daniel Andrews promised he would begin to rollback minor restrictions when the state was expected to hit the massive milestone on September 23.

Though 60 per cent of residents have already received their first jab with the state now expected to reach its target five days sooner on September 19.  

New freedoms will include increasing the 5km travel radius to 10km and reopening outdoor gym equipment and skate parks.

The exercise time limit will be increased from two to three hours and personal trainers will be able to host sessions outdoors with two clients at a time. 

Families will be allowed to babysit school-age children if both their parents are critical workers.

House hunters will be allowed to inspect unoccupied premises. 

Construction companies will also be allowed to increase site capacity to 50 per cent when 90 per cent of the workforce have received their first jab. 

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Mr Andrews said he was hopeful his state would reach the vaccination target sooner than expected.  

'Every (vaccine) appointment that gets made, every shot in the arm between now and then will bring that date forward,' he said.

'Don't wait for next month, don't wait until some other time, act on that now.'

A weekend record 29,915 doses were administered at Victorian-run hubs on Saturday, taking the state closer to its goal of one million jabs in five weeks.

Of the 183 new cases reported on Sunday, 101 have been linked to known outbreaks and 91 per cent are aged

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