Property landlords will need to waive rent, while worker pay and accumulated leave may be sacrificed to help shuttered businesses survive a six-month coronavirus "hibernation", Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared.
In an unprecedented move to slow the spread of the virus, the Prime Minister ordered defence force "boots on the ground" from Sunday to enforce the quarantining of all returning Australian international travellers in state government-leased hotels for two weeks.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
Aaron Patrick was a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.
