In regional Victoria, changes include allowing five visitors to the home per day plus dependents, public gatherings up to 50 people and a maximum of 300 seated patrons at restaurants and cafes.
Masks will still be mandatory indoors, and outdoors where social distancing is not possible.
Religious ceremonies are permitted up to 300 people, 100 for funerals and 50 for weddings, but dancefloors are not allowed.
Outdoor sport and recreation venues will have a patron cap of 1000 and spectators will be allowed for community sport within venue limits.
For greater Melbourne, the 25km limit will be removed, public gatherings are allowed up to 20 people and 2 visitors to the home per day plus dependents.
Gyms, indoor entertainment, gaming will open and office workers can return up to 50 per cent.
Outdoor community sport can return for juniors and adults.
Melburnians travelling to the snow this winter must get a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departing for Victoria’s alpine resorts, and a negative result.
These settings will be in place for at least seven days and Acting Premier James Merlino said he hoped he would be announcing further easing this time next week.
There were five new locally acquired COVID-19 cases overnight, including two cases linked to a Southbank apartment complex revealed by authorities yesterday, that have been included in today's official figures.
For a full list of Victoria's 144 exposure sites, head to coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites
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