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The Victorian opposition is not pleased with the Andrews government revising its ADF request.

The state Liberal leader, Michael O'Brien, says in a statement:

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Australian National University's Prof Peter Collignon has told a Senate inquiry the coronavirus will remain a problem for at least two years.

AAP quoted him as saying on Thursday:

We're going to have to keep up the things that we know work, which is predominantly keeping a physical distance, washing your hands and people who are sick staying away from others.

Probably winter will be more risky, so I worry about the next three months in Australia in particular.

They have been exemplar with their response and it probably will happen in other parts of Australia.

What we need is to work together across our differences to protect Australia.