A bombshell document shows Victoria's public health commander was not consulted before Daniel Andrews' "crisis-cabinet" announced a curfew on Melburnians almost five years ago.

The email obtained exclusively by News Corp has already prompted anger and even a partial concession within both the Labor government and the state's current Health Minister.

In August 2, 2020, the crippled region of metropolitan Melbourne was imposed with the unthinkable prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a curfew limiting movement at night and also forcing thousands to stay within five kilometres of their home.