Bianca Hall

The question of what will replace Barak Beacon, a public housing estate nestled among multi-storey apartment blocks in Port Melbourne, remains a mystery.

More than 11,000 refugees and asylum seekers who arrived by boat now live in the community on temporary visas, unable to properly plan their lives in Australia.

Premier Daniel Andrews says further details of the mandatory vaccination scheme allowing entry to a range of hospitality venues and businesses will be announced in coming weeks.

So ubiquitous has this public servant become, Jeroen Weimar is now one of the most recognisable faces of the 2021 edition of this long-running pandemic.