Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy give an update on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia following a highly anticipated National Cabinet Meeting.

The group of leaders has agreed to relax restrictions in three stages.

Restaurants and cafes will be allowed to reopen under the first stage of eased coronavirus restrictions.

Stage one will see groups of up to five visitors allowed at a person’s home and allow groups of up to ten people to meet in public.

Libraries, community centres, playgrounds and boot camps will also be allowed to open, and people will be able to undertake local and regional travel.

The timing of the changes will be up to individual states and territories and National Cabinet will review the changes every three weeks.

Highlights:

2:30 Scott Morrison on Australia's progress in fighting the virus
3:50 Scott Morrison on Australia's road back
4:30 Scott Morrison announcing National Cabinet has agreed to three-step plan toward a COVID-safe economy
5:40 Scott Morrison: "We cannot allow our fear of going backwards stop us from going forward"
5:50 Scott Morrison outlines the three-step plan
6:20 Step 1 will allow greater connections with friends and family allowing gatherings of 10 people and 5 guests in your own home. Children will return to classrooms. Retails and small cafes and restaurants will reopen.
7:05 Step 2 will allow larger gatherings of up to 20 people at cinemas, galleries and larger restaurants. More retail openings.
7:30 Step 3 will allow gatherings of up to 100 people. More workers will be back in the office. Domestic travel will resume. Pubs and clubs will reopen with restrictions.
8:10 By July, the hope is that we will have moved through these three steps. States and territories responsible for setting their own timetables.
8:50 Scott Morrison outlines three criteria for moving from each step to the next
9:20 Scott Morrison urges Australians to download the COVIDSafe app
10:10 Scott Morrison on workplace health and safety
10:30 Progress will be reviewed every three weeks
11:50 Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy discusses recent cases and outbreaks
12:50 CMO Brendan Murphy on testing numbers. +730,000 tests.
13:35 Australia's progress on flattening the curve
14:20 Brendan Murphy on relaxing measures and continuing to practice physical distancing
15:40 Brendan Murphy outlines Step 1 to 3 of the 'Roadmap to a COVIDSafe Australia'

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