Australian prime minister morrison holds a press conference this afternoon. (Photo of Sydney Morning Herald)
Prime Minister Morrison (Scott Morrison) revealed at a news conference this afternoon that a national policy framework for the partial "unsealing" would be issued on Friday and called on Australians to return to work.
Morrison said the federal government will issue a way and schedule to ease the restrictions in three days. Although it is a national policy framework, it is up to the states and territorial government to decide how to implement it.
"I think Friday will officially relax some restrictions. Many states have taken action. "He said.
However, it will be some time before Australia`s travel restrictions to New Zealand are lifted.
Mr. Morrison said the restrictions would not include Australian flights to and from New Zealand. A meeting of the National Cabinet held this morning brought relevant matters to the attention of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.
It is reported that Morrison and Adrian held discussions on a possible "safe travel zone" between Australia and New Zealand at a meeting of the Australian National Cabinet.
Morrison said after the meeting that it would "take some time" to resume Australia-New Zealand travel ," but it is important to raise this point as it is a part of the road to recovery. "
"At some point, Australia and New Zealand will start reconnecting with the rest of the world, the most obvious starting point being between the two countries. We can wait and see, but this won`t happen next week. "
Premier calls for 1 million Australian people to return to work
On economic policy, morrison told journalist that restrictions on the new crown virus have saved thousands of australian lives, and australia is now trying to revive economic after successfully containing the new crown.
"We need a million Australians to return to work. This is the inflection point we need to deal with. "
The prime minister said one million people in australia now receive job-seeking benefits (JobSeeker),5 million receive retention benefits (JobKeeper) of $1,500 every two weeks ,1 million withdraw early retirement benefits (Superannuation), and about 340,000 businesses are receiving cash flow support totalling $7 million.
However, he also listed a rough estimate of the number of unemployed, equivalent to more than 1 million.
Among the industries most severely affected by the restrictions, such as the hotel industry, lost as many as 708,000 jobs; the retail and construction industries lost 146,000 jobs and 120,000 jobs, respectively; and the arts and leisure and entertainment industries (such as tourism) lost 180,000 jobs.
Morrison admitted that the cabinet had discussed the "tremendous pressure" to find the right time to restart economic.
"I can assure you that there is no illusion that the national cabinet and, of course, the federal government, continue to pay for these measures. "As we seek to return Australia to a sound economic, this will undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on our timetable ," he said. Of course. "
Murphy (Brendan Murphy), Australia`s chief medical officer, later said in a speech that the rotating desk system (Hot-desking) during work should be implemented in different ways and encourage employees to stagger the start time.
He also predicted a temporary ban on handshakes and small room meetings in the workplace. New Workplace Guidelines
The Federal government has now readjusted the Australian Work Agency (Safe Work Australia) website. The information detailed how companies in multiple industries should operate workplaces in post-epidemic economic and help employers cope with complex job safety and health law.
This includes provisions for cleaning, keeping social distance and providing personal protective gear.
The site currently has 1300 web pages tailored for 23 industries, including cafes and slaughterhouse, according to federal relationship minister of justice and labor, porter (Christian Porter).
This, he said, was designed to be the "largest repository" of workplace-related information during the new crown crisis ," which will be a very important tool for all businesses, big or small ".
COVIDSafe downloadable Break 5 million
As of today, more than 5 million Australians are expected to download COVIDSafe epidemic tracking applications, accounting for nearly a third of all smartphone users in Australia, the prime minister said this afternoon.
According to a bill drafted last night against the app, abuse of data provided by users would face a fine of up to $63,000 or five years in prison.
