Easter holidays are CANCELLED with Scott Morrison urging all Australians to stay home and not go anywhere – as he announces a plan to stop commercial tenants from being evicted
Scott Morrison has told Australians not to go on holiday for Easter.
‘People should not be going away for Easter holidays. Holiday at home,’ he said.
The Prime Minister said his wife and two daughters have set up decorations at his residence in Canberra.
‘We put the Easter decorations up at our house yesterday with Jenny and the kids. People should not be getting in their cars and going to other places.’
Mr Morrison made the comments in a press conference in which he announced the government is working on a plan to to stop commercial tenants being evicted.
Under a proposed code of conduct yet to be agreed upon by stakeholders, tenants could ask to extend their leases or pay more later in return for a rental waiver.
The government is working on a plan to to help commercial tenants who face being evicted because they cannot pay their rent
‘We want both parties to negotiate in good faith. There is a proportionality principle that needs to be in this code.
‘The turnover reduction of the tenant needs to be reflected in the rental waiver of the landlord,’ Mr Morrison said.
The Prime Minister also announced government modelling on the spread of the virus will be made public next week.
He also ordered working holiday makers in Australia to self-isolate for 14 days before travelling to rural parts of the country for their farm work.
In the same press conference, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy said for every confirmed coronavirus case around the world there are five or ten more unregistered cases.
‘We know that judging by the death rate, the testing rate in many countries, they’re not detecting all the cases,’ he said.
‘In Australia we’re pretty confident that our testing has been probably the best in the world,’ he said.