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"Life is changing in Australia. Life is changing all around the world. Life is going to continue to change as we deal with the global coronavirus." @ScottMorrisonMP #auspol @SBSNews

"We are going to keep Australia running" @ScottMorrison "There is no short-term, quick fix to how this is dealt with in Australia. The idea that you can just turn everything off for two weeks and then turn it all back on again when it all goes away, that is not the evidence."

"Wherever possible, we need to keep Australians working" @ScottMorrisonMP #auspol @SBSNews

"If we slow the spread, we do save lives and that is very much the strategy" @ScottMorrisonMP #auspol @SBSNews

"We are upgrading the travel ban on Australians to Level Four, for the entire world" @ScottMorrisonMP "That is the first time that has ever happened in Australia's history. The advice to every Australian is: "do not travel abroad". Do not go overseas." #auspol @SBSNews

"For those who are thinking of going overseas in the school holidays, don't" @ScottMorrisonMP "Don't go overseas" #auspol @SBSNews

As anticipated, the government is no banning "non-essential" indoor gatherings of more than 100 people. Outdoor limit remains 500. #auspol @SBSNews

"The advice is that domestic air travel is low risk" @ScottMorrisonMP "We have not seen a lot of evidence of people contracting this virus on aircraft" #auspol @SBSNews

"The health advice is that schools should remain open" @ScottMorrisonMP "The health advice here, supported by all the Premiers, all the Chief Ministers, and my Government, is that schools should remain open" #auspol @SBSNews

"I am telling you that, as a father, I'm happy for my kids to go to school" @ScottMorrisonMP "There is only one reason your kids shouldn't be going to school and that is if they are unwell" #auspol @SBSNews

As flagged last night on @SBSNews, additional restrictions will be placed on visits to aged care facilities - including a ban on those who have travelled overseas in the last 14 days, no school group visits, and those under 16 urged not to visit relatives either #auspol

"Stop hoarding" @ScottMorrisonMP "I can't be more blunt about it. Stop it. It is not sensible, it is not helpful and it has been one of the most disappointing things I have seen. It is ridiculous, it is un-Australian and it must stop." #auspol @SBSNews

"There is no reason for people to be hoarding supplies in fear of a lockdown or anything like this" @ScottMorrisonMP "We're putting in place scalable and sustainable measures" #auspol @SBSNews

PM says 80,000 #COVID19 tests have now been carried out in Australia #auspol @SBSNews

On ANZAC Day, the PM says there will be a televised national event in Canberra at the War Memorial without public gathering #auspol @SBSNews

The Chief Medical Officers says there are now "about 454" cases of #COVID19 in Australia #auspol @SBSNews

"Let me be clear: a short-term two to four week shutdown to society it not recommended by any of our experts" Chief Medial Officer Brendan Murphy "It does not achieve anything. We have to be in this for the long haul." #auspol @SBSNews

"I'd like to specifically address schools" CMO continues "In China, only 2.4% of the cases reported in Hubei Province were in people under 19. Children have very, very few instances of clinical disease" #auspol @SBSNews

"It will be hard for schools" CMO adds "But it will be much, much, much harder for society if the schools were closed" #COVID19Aus #auspol @SBSNews

"Every citizen now has to think about every interaction they have with another person" CMO Brendan Murphy "There is no need for us to be in a state of heightened anxiety, but we do need to be prepared and we all need to practice this social distancing" #auspol @SBSNews

PM asked should there be new laws against hoarding? "Obviously, there are measures that could be moved towards if we had to do that, but to be honest, I'd be very disappointed if we had to do something like that. I think Australians are better than that." #auspol @SBSNews

PM says he can't guarantee there won't be school closures at some point in the next six months, but those decisions will be guided by the medical advice #auspol @SBSNews

"Last night, I had a medical check-up and my health has been checked on a regular basis by one of the doctors here" @ScottMorrisonMP "There can't be one rule for me and another rule for the rest of the country" #auspol #COVID19Aus @SBSNews

PM says precautions also being taken within cabinet: "We're not gathering the cabinet all together in one room... we're meeting now virtually" #auspol #COVID19Aus @SBSNews

PM says there will be about 60 less Members and 22 less Senators in the two chambers next week when parliament sits. "We will have a Question Time". #auspol @SBSNews