NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says the state government will do "whatever it takes" to save jobs and businesses but concedes "tens of thousands" of jobs will be lost in the wake of COVID-19.
Labor MP Jason Clare says Coles having 36,000 applications for the 5,000 jobs in which it listed on Tuesday is a worrying sign of the "economic challenge" the country faces.
Six of the Northern Territory's "most senior" doctors are calling for the immediate cancellation of elective surgery at Top End hospitals as they prepare their "finite" resources to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has banned Australians from leaving the country, declaring that returning Australians are the greatest risk of spreading the deadly coronavirus.
Joe Biden has secured thumping victories in Illinois and Florida, heaping further pressure on Senator Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race to become the Democratic nominee for president.
Abusive and crazed shoppers hoarding food and toilet paper amid the coronavirus crisis have been blasted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison who used a national address to please just "stop it".
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has unveiled a number of unprecedented changes for the nation in a strict new approach to curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Parliament will return for another sitting week on Monday but only 90 of 151 members will be permitted to return under new restrictions imposed as a means to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Scott Morrison was right to push back against the "hunches of some private school principals" and keep schools open, Sky News Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert said.
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