They did close down hot spots, 10 post code areas were put on grade 3 restrictions, didn't stop the spread. It was only after the failure of containing the spread within those hot spots that restrictions were placed on the rest of Melbourne. The Melbourne restrictions including check points on main arterial roads leading out; even so we had numbskulls who thought the regs didn't apply to them, one truck driver who immediately comes to mind started minor outbreaks in Kilmore and Shepparton.
My point was that both the first wave and the second wave did not spread throughout the state. That it was contained in Melbourne.
Yes, the truck driver did the wrong thing, but that was quickly suppressed.
Most of the state had no covid cases throughout the pandemic, yet was locked down regardless, causing needless business closures and income loss.
