Daniel Andrews has flagged a major announcement on scrapping mandatory masks in some settings and getting rid of other Covid-19 rules.
The Victorian Premier has indicated that changes are on the way as case numbers stabilise.
Industry figures expect that hospitality and retail density limits, dance floors restrictions and QR codes will be among the first rules to be wound back.
Mask mandates are also expected to be eased in a step-by-step process, starting with despised requirements for masks in office settings.
“I hope to be able to make some really important announcements about rules (and) about normalising this virus,” Mr Andrews said on Wednesday.
Getting workers back to the office is a key aim as business leaders call on the government to ice work-from-home requirements.
Mr Andrews has also walked back from expectations international arrivals will be required to have a third dose of vaccine to be allowed in the state.
Despite initially pushing for the change, Mr Andrews conceded it would be impractical.
“There comes a point where things become impractical and you’ve got so many systems operating at once that it doesn’t really work,” he said.
“Some things are workable and some things aren’t, it gets hard to justify.”
Just 52 per cent of Victorians over the age of 18 have received a booster shot.
National chief health officer Paul Kelly told a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday he wasn’t in favour of mandating vaccinations.
“Philosophically and professionally, I’m not in favour of mandating anything including vaccinations,” Mr Kelly said.
