Irish people in Melbourne have expressed frustration and worry over a possible second Covid-19 wave in Australia's second biggest city.
Officials decided to reimpose restrictions after the state of Victoria recorded its largest single-day increase of almost 200 new cases on Tuesday.
Police said they would conduct random checks of vehicles on major roads, creating a "ring of steel". Tipperary woman Michelle O'Donnell said due to the internal travel restrictions she cannot visit her newly born niece and she does not know when she will be able to visit her family in Ireland again either. "We have never felt so far away and so far removed from home.