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International travellers have flown into Melbourne for the first time in months    Source:-abc The first international flight to land in Melbourne since June has touched down at Melbourne Airport. The flight, from Colombo, is one of eight international flights due to land in Melbourne today. Passengers arriving from overseas will go straight into Victoria’s revamped hotel quarantine system. More than 170 Australian Defence Force personnel are now involved in the scheme, temperature checking staff and helping to manage the entry and exit of travellers into hotels. Victoria Police will be in charge of all aspects of security within quarantine hotels. Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville, who is ultimately responsible for overseeing the scheme, said the chances of another hotel quarantine breach were minimal. “You can’t say 100 per cent that you’re not going to get an infection out of it, these are people that are coming back from ...