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Coronavirus: live updates from Australia, Monday, March 30,2020

LIVEFederal Parliament to be recalled to push through new payment package

Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison, and Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

$130b 'job keeper' program to keep people in work

Sally Whyte
1hr ago

ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

UPDATED'A tragic reminder': ACT records first death from coronavirus

Andrew Brown
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Willem Hartmans from Kiama has pretty much spoken on behalf of all Australians about COVID-19.

DIGESTCOVID-Informer: The wise words of a nine-year-old

2hrs ago

How coronavirus is unfolding across Australia.

IN DEPTHHow COVID-19 is unfolding around Australia

Gayle Tomlinson
48m ago

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says federal workers who can't work from home should call their manager or their union, or even his office. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

APS staff who can't work from home should call me: Barr

Sally Whyte

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Health authorities to release coronavirus modelling

Kirsten Lawson
1hr ago

Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Dept heads told public servants 'should' work from home

Adrian Rollins

Stimulus deal boosts ASX200 a record 7%

48m ago

'This is serious': ACT to introduce 'significant' on the spot fines

Here are the symptoms people with coronavirus are reporting

OPINIONKids shouldn't have to repeat a year of school because of coronavirus

Coronavirus: live updates from Australia, Monday, March 30,2020

LIVEFederal Parliament to be recalled to push through new payment package

Tucker time: Invariably the highlight of many a day in zoos across the world. Photo: Shutterstock

WATCHThe zoos that are live streaming to keep your kids educated

Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison, and Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

$130b 'job keeper' program to keep people in work

1hr ago

Woolworths have partnered with Australia Post to carry out online grocery deliveries due to coronavirus. Picture: Karleen Minney

Woolies to offer new 'basic boxes' for self-isolated

Pizza anyone? Work out a new pizza combination while social distancing. Picture: Shutterstock

Five things to keep teens entertained

Back when you needed ration coupons to buy sugar. Picture: Shutterstock

Rations, darning, not complaining: what wartime rationing was like

Australian companies to get wage subsidies

16m ago

NSW prisons 'next cruise ship incubators'

37m ago

IN DEPTHHow COVID-19 is unfolding around Australia

48m ago

Stimulus deal boosts ASX200 a record 7%

48m ago

Convicted terrorist on upskirting charges

48m ago

Qld tightens lockdown with fines, closures

52m ago

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Health authorities to release coronavirus modelling

1hr ago

Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison, and Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

$130b 'job keeper' program to keep people in work

1hr ago

Rugby Australia will meet with the players association on Tuesday to discuss potential wage cuts. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We need to survive': Brumbies lack board voice as cost cutting begins

1hr ago

In those ill enough to be admitted to hospital due to COVID-19, more than half require assistance with oxygen, usually in a standard hospital ward. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONHow are the most serious COVID-19 cases treated, and does the coronavirus cause lasting damage?

2hrs ago

The current measures might already be cutting infection growth rates, but it is too early to tell. Even stricter measures will be needed to cut the number infected. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONModelling suggests going early and going hard will save lives and help the economy

Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas
2hrs ago

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says federal workers who can't work from home should call their manager or their union, or even his office. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

APS staff who can't work from home should call me: Barr

Sally Whyte

Here are the symptoms people with coronavirus are reporting

Here are the symptoms people with coronavirus are reporting

Kirsten Lawson

ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

UPDATED'A tragic reminder': ACT records first death from coronavirus

Andrew Brown
Dan Jervis-Bardy

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Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Dept heads told public servants 'should' work from home

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Morrison government working on wage subsidy scheme

Opposition public service spokeswoman Katy Gallagher has called for the Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott to "take charge". Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Calls for APS clarity over work-from-home fears

The Australian Taxation Office.

Public servants warned to take redeployment or disciplinary action

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been advocating for tighter controls to stop the spread of coronavirus. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONWhich leaders and health experts will be on the right side of history on COVID-19 policy?

Michelle Grattan

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday with a version of the coronavirus quarantine declaration that all international arrivals must sign. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Defence to enforce hotel quarantine for all arrivals

Kirsten Lawson

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has finally got serious. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

ANALYSISAt warp speed, what seemed clever now seems not so

Kirsten Lawson

This week tens of thousands of people queued for hours at Centrelink offices around the country. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

ANALYSISOffice work a luxury the public service can no longer afford

Adrian Rollins

Duffy social gathering against spirit of social distancing

Duffy social gathering against spirit of social distancing

Letters to the editor

Should there be a universal basic income? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINION'Whatever it takes' should include universal basic income

Jeremy Baskin

The UK government releases the technical advice it receives during emergencies. Why can't we? Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

OPINIONFilling in the missing rationale for Australia's COVID-19 response

Daniel Reeders

Rusty Peters, Three Nyawana in Yariny Country in Void. Picture: supplied

REVIEWVoid is challenging and prophetic exhibition of Aboriginal artists

Sasha Grishin
2hrs ago

Recipe of the day: Minestrone with beef ravioli

Recipe of the day: Minestrone with beef ravioli

Karen Hardy

Plan an indoor jungle from your living room. Picture: Shutterstock

Creating an indoor jungle from your couch

Amy Martin

Rusty Peters, Three Nyawana in Yariny Country in Void. Picture: supplied

REVIEWVoid is challenging and prophetic exhibition of Aboriginal artists

2hrs ago

Imogen Wall, Titan II in Burnout. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWBeauty and renewal out of destruction

Brian Rope

Pizza anyone? Work out a new pizza combination while social distancing. Picture: Shutterstock

Five things to keep teens entertained

Amy Martin

Rugby Australia will meet with the players association on Tuesday to discuss potential wage cuts. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We need to survive': Brumbies lack board voice as cost cutting begins

1hr ago

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg (l) and ARLC Commission chairman Peter V'landys.

NRL clubs to get $2.5m to survive crisis

2hrs ago

Rugby Australia's legal stoush with Israel Folau has helped to push the organisation into the red.

RA brace for significant cuts after losses

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has warned that reducing clubs' support staff will harm AFL games.

AFL secures lifeline from banks

1hr ago

A lack of regular upkeep could put Australia's sports facilities at $5b risk, say industry experts.

Australia's sport assets 'at $5b risk'

Steve Larkin

The Brumbies and their fellow Australian rugby players are frustrated about being kept in the dark. Picture: Getty Images

'Vacuum of information': Rugby players angry at pay silence

David Polkinghorne

CEO John Didulica and the PFA will remain in tact to offer Australia's soccer fraternity support.

PFA vows to retain staff amid virus crisis

Ed Jackson

With the Raiders' state-of-the-art gymnasium shut down, the Raiders have been innovative with keeping fit. Picture: Cadena McKenzie

Raiders putting bricks in place

David Polkinghorne

The Great Beach Drive takes you through Fraser Island's rugged interior. Picture: TEQ

Dreaming of the 10 best Australian road trips

Craig Tansley

Hallgrmskirkja, is a Lutheran church in Reykjavk, is the largest church and the tallest structure in Iceland. Picture: Shutterstock

Could cruise ships become floating hospitals?

Daisy Huntly

Stone walls criss cross through farmland on the largest of the Aran Islands, Inis Mor. Photo: Kathy Sharpe

Ancient relics and wild landscapes enchant on the Aran Islands

Kathy Sharpe

This pandemic is above politics - we are here to help

This pandemic is above politics - we are here to help

Exotic ports of call are awaiting our return

Exotic ports of call are awaiting our return

Special Counsel to ACT victims of birth trauma: seek legal advice

Special Counsel to ACT victims of birth trauma: seek legal advice

Calling all foodies: celebrate local producers, farmers and chefs at F.O.O.D Week 2020

Calling all foodies: celebrate local producers, farmers and chefs at F.O.O.D Week 2020

See the light: Overlooking Manuka, this latest new inner south development has design and style at its heart

See the light: Overlooking Manuka, this latest new inner south development has design and style at its heart

One of the couples that feature in the Love is Not Enough video.

Love is not enough for end-of-life decisions

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia is facing an economic war; the wage subsidy will help.

Australian companies to get wage subsidies

16m ago

NSW's overcrowded prisons could become the next incubators for COVID-29, experts have warned.

NSW prisons 'next cruise ship incubators'

37m ago

Stimulus deal boosts ASX200 a record 7%

Stimulus deal boosts ASX200 a record 7%

48m ago

How coronavirus is unfolding across Australia.

IN DEPTHHow COVID-19 is unfolding around Australia

48m ago

Mazen Touma allegedly tried to film up the skirts of two women in Kmart stores in Sydney.

Convicted terrorist on upskirting charges

Margaret Scheikowski
48m ago

Queensland police can now issue on the spot fines for breaches of health department directions.

Qld tightens lockdown with fines, closures

Christine Flatley
52m ago

Chih Chen abused 26 teenage girls in the Philippines over 25 trips to the country from 2010-2017.

Vic man jailed for abusing Filipino girls

Georgie Moore
59m ago

It could take up to two weeks to complete the count in Queensland's local government polls.

Winner of Gold Coast seat anyone's guess

Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

Fans have paid tribute to Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who died aged 70 with coronavirus.

Japan to ban US, China, Europe travellers

2hrs ago

Fans have paid tribute to Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who died aged 70 with coronavirus.

Japan to ban US, China, Europe travellers

2hrs ago

Commissioner Mike Bush says NZ police received 4200 reports of lockdown breaches in the first day.

Eager Kiwis reporting lockdown lawbreakers

2hrs ago

Commissioner Mike Bush says NZ police received 4200 reports of lockdown breaches in the first day.

Eager Kiwis reporting lockdown lawbreakers

2hrs ago

President Donald Trump's briefings have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news.

Trump brags about briefings' high ratings

President Donald Trump's briefings have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news.

Trump brags about briefings' high ratings

A sleep study can assist in pinpointing underlying issues to your sleep.

Sleep disorders in focus

1hr ago

We're all entering into long-distance relationships - but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONLessons learned from surviving a long-distance relationship

Sarah Lansdown

Naomi Atkins and Jess Cram are the new presenters of the Museum of Australian Democracy's On Air PlayUP livestream. Picture: Supplied

The places we love are moving online

Kimberley Le Lievre