Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The national cabinet has asked the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee to develop a common understanding of a hot spot across jurisdictions. The AHPPC will consider appropriate movement restrictions relating to a hot spot based on medical advice. This work is ongoing and will provide people who are living in those areas with clear guidance on where and when they can access health services or where restrictions may mean they have to find alternative arrangements. Of course, states do not have to wait for national cabinet to bring forward commonsense, practical and compassionate solutions to their border issues—

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