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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 07: Specialist public order police stand at the entrance of the 120 Racecourse Road housing complex amid the third full day of the total lockdown of 9 housing commission high rise towers in North Melbourne and Flemington during COVID 19 on 7 July, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.After recording 191 COVID-19 cases overnight forcing Premier Daniel Andrews to announce today that all of metropolitan Melbourne along with one regional centre, Mitchell Shire will once more go back to stage three lockdowns from midnight Wednesday June 8. This comes as the residents of the housing commission towers in North Melbourne and Flemington finish their third day under extreme lockdown, despite only 27 cases being found in the towers. Members of the public gathered outside of the towers this afternoon in support of those trapped inside while riot police arrested two women for standing too close to the fence. While the women were later released, tensions are boiling over both in