Coronavirus live updates: Australia to scrap 100-person rule
The Prime Minister says restrictions preventing 100 people to gather together will be scrapped in July and replaced with something different.
Sporting events, cultural events, restaurants and funerals are among places where a cap on gathering will be removed in July, the PM says.
Scott Morrison told reporters this afternoon that a "four-square-metre rule" will replace the 100-person cap.
"As you look across the third step, you will note a series of caps for indoor gatherings of 100, and that can be anything from funerals through to the number of people who can be in a premises, or even in a room such as this," the PM said.
"That 100 cap for Step 3 across all of those areas will be removed and it will be replaced by a four-square metre rule application."
He gave Premiers and Chief Ministers an ultimatum on reopening borders, saying states that want to bring international students in cannot do so unless they let Australians in.
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Globally, there have been more than 7.2 million known coronavirus infections, with a global death toll of 409,617.
In Australia there have been more than 7280 cases, with 3115 in NSW, 1063 in Queensland, 1703 in Victoria, 440 in South Australia, 601 in Western Australia, 228 in Tasmania, 108 in the ACT and 29 in the NT.
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Originally published as Coronavirus live updates: Australia to scrap 100-person rule