The measures are far reaching, and will affect many aspects of Australian life. Here is the Prime Minister’s complete statement from last night, on the new restrictions on public and private gatherings and workplaces, which will come into effect from midnight tonight: — “I said in the Parliament that 2020, for most Australians, was going to be their toughest year. And what we have seen unfold just this week has been demonstrating just that,” Mr Morrison said. “Australians who have lost their jobs, lost hours of work, businesses that have been forced to close their business — these are heartbreaking events in our nation’s history and story. RELATED: Follow the latest coronavirus updates RELATED: New lockdown rules introduced Wednesday with prospect of more to come “And I want to assure all Australians the National Cabinet has been meeting, and state governments also, and we’ve considered the many, many difficult issues we’re having to address. We are not unconscious of the real impacts that these measures are having on the daily lives of Australians and so we will continue to do everything we can, both as a federal government and as state and territory governments around the country, to do all… Read full this story
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