PM announces budget postponed, new social distance rules – press conference part 1 | ABC News

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces new social distancing measures to slow the spread of coronavirus. For gatherings of fewer than 100 people in an enclosed space, the Government is now recommending four square metres per person.

2:48 – Announcement of future stimulus measures
3:49 – Relief for commercial and residential tenants
5:22 – Announcement of delay of federal budget to October 5
6:34 – New rules for social distancing
09:55 – “Self isolation means self isolation”
10:37 – Further information on travel rules to come before school holidays
11:26 – Schools and preschool advice has not changed
12:06 – Aged care support
13:56 – Restriction of travel into remote Indigenous areas
16:47 – Advice on future localised outbreaks

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