>Mick Fuller announces on the spot fines of $1000 for individuals and $5000 for corporations who flout social distancing laws, including the restrictions on outdoor fitness groups to 10 people, weddings to five people and funerals to 10 people.
>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declares a state of national emergency as the country prepares to go into a complete lockdown at midnight to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
>Former mining CEO Neville Power will be chief of a new National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, which will “solve problems” in the private and public sectors for "repurposing manufacturing lines", improving grocery supply lines and redeploying workers who lost their jobs this week.
>As of 1.45pm, there are 2398 cases in Australia, including 1029 in NSW, 466 in Victoria, 443 in Queensland, 170 in SA, 205 in WA, 44 in the ACT, 36 in Tasmania and 5 in the NT.
>Federal government is considering non-scheduled flights to remote locations to rescue hundreds of thousands of Australians trapped overseas.