The Victorian Labor Government will begin a series of “vaccinated economy trials” in regional Victoria to determine how vaccine passports could be rolled out across the state. This comes after the state fell short of the 80 percent single vaccination target set by the Andrews government’s roadmap that would have seen a slight easing of restrictions from Sept. 26. Speaking to reporters on Sept. 26, Tourism Minister Martin Pakula said from Oct. 11, up to 20 businesses among the highly vaccinated areas of regional Victoria would take part in the vaccine passport trial. “That’s roughly a fortnight before we anticipate reaching the 70 percent double dose threshold, which at the moment we’re expecting to occur on about the 26th of October,” Pakula said. “It’s about seeing how our vaccinated economy system might work, and we’ll trial that with higher patron numbers and crowds with everyone on site being confirmed as …