National Cabinet to bring forward meeting on lifting coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says - ABC News

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says National Cabinet will bring forward a key meeting to discuss when to relax Australia's coronavirus restrictions.

Key points:

• National Cabinet will consider easing restrictions one week ahead of schedule
• Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians have "earned an early mark"
• A key consideration at next week's meeting will be the download rate of the coronavirus app

Mr Morrison said Australians had "earned an early mark" and leaders would meet next Friday — a week earlier than scheduled — to consider easing the rules that have been put in place.

"Australians have earned an early mark through the work that they have done," he said.

"That decision will now be made next Friday, and we'll be meeting twice over the course of the next week to ensure that we work through the many things that have to be resolved in order to make those decisions."

Mr Morrison said a Treasury briefing to National Cabinet today had underscored the impact restrictions were having on the economy.

"We need to restart our economy, we need to restart our society," he said.

"We can't keep Australia under the doona."

The PM said 11 out of 15 conditions set by National Cabinet for easing restrictions had been met.

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"Of those that remain outstanding, there was one that Australians can do something about, and that is downloading the COVIDSafe app," he said.

"This is a critical issue for National Cabinet when it comes to making decisions next Friday about how restrictions can be eased."

Mr Morrison said more than 3.5 million Australians had downloaded the app, but there would need to be "millions more".

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