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Speaker 1: He's in. Prime Minister yesterday started his press conference with

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Speaker 1: life is changing in Australia. This is a once in

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Speaker 1: a one hundred year type event. It's getting quite serious now.

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Speaker 1: We will not go into a nationwide lockdown just yet.

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Speaker 1: But he updated it yesterday and we're lucky enough to

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Speaker 1: have him on the show this morning. Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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Speaker 2: Welcome, good good morning boys.

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Speaker 1: How are you but we're very very good. Actually, just

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Speaker 1: on that, Prime Minister, we have to say that all

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Speaker 1: our results are in and we've come back negative.

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Speaker 2: I'm pleased to hear that, and thanks for observing the

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Speaker 2: self isolation as well. It's a great example everyone. I

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Speaker 2: know it can be inconvenient, but at the end of

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Speaker 2: the day, if all of us who are normally most

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Speaker 2: to if we were to get it to be a

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Speaker 2: very mild illness. But when we all do the right thing,

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Speaker 2: and that's protecting the more vulnerable in our community, particularly

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Speaker 2: older people, but also you know people undergoing things like

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Speaker 2: do the right thing. We're looking after others.

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Speaker 3: Any breaking news or announcements overnight we saw the death

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Speaker 3: shake a few people here. But are there any developments overnight?

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Speaker 2: Not overnight, I mean other than each day we're seeing

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Speaker 2: But at the same time we expect to see the

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Speaker 2: And what we're seeking to do here is explaining now

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Speaker 2: that more people who are vulnerable are less at risk.

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Speaker 2: It also means that our health system is able to

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Speaker 2: and that's why we're putting in place sensible measures like

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Speaker 2: I should say we're doing a lot more work on

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Speaker 2: work very hard. The other area we're doing a lot

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Speaker 2: and I. We'll have a bit more to say about

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Speaker 4: Are already getting I mean, are we doing enough though

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Speaker 2: Well, we're doing quite a bit. Actually, we're surging resources

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Speaker 2: and support to support age care facilities. Yesterday I announced

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Speaker 2: That's where the biggest risk is when you get lots

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Speaker 2: But we are going to be very sensitive in those

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Speaker 2: But you know the one thing people can do for

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Speaker 2: This is my number. If you can't get out or

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Speaker 1: Is it inevitable? Prime Minister that and we look at

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Speaker 2: Well, anything, anything is possible at the moment, because I

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Speaker 2: now that is absolutely the case. There is no health

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Speaker 2: I mean, children, the evidences shows are less susceptible to this,

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Speaker 2: And the other point I'd make is this, whatever we do,

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Speaker 1: Is that what's happened in China? Though? Have they completely

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Speaker 2: A lot Well, first of all Singapore, which has been

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Speaker 2: And that's why one and a half meters from each other,

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Speaker 2: That's why you know they can't be crowds of the

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Speaker 2: this is why life is changing at the moment. But

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Speaker 2: if we make those sensible changes, and we make changes

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Speaker 2: the disruption to the economy and people's jobs. There will

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Speaker 2: certainly be big impacts on our economy, but where we can,

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Speaker 2: we want to try and limit those.

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Speaker 3: Prime Minister the Level four travel band at any stage.

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Speaker 3: I understand the ins and the outs for international travelers

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Speaker 3: there has there been any conversation about closing the borders.

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Speaker 2: Well affordably are I mean, that's what's now happened anyone

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Speaker 2: What we are doing though, is I mean the medical

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Speaker 3: Because the scary thing is too was the idea that

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Speaker 2: Well, the advice is on the plane that is actually

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Speaker 2: then that is what we're working on at the moment.

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Speaker 2: See the national Cabinet, We've never had one of these

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Speaker 2: The Premier is chief Ministers and I are working through

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Speaker 2: and that means that what is happening across the states

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Speaker 2: eight different rules running around the country. And I really

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Speaker 2: appreciate the sport they're giving.

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Speaker 1: Me in that just before you go, Prime Minister. We

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Speaker 1: are in isolation. Our kids are here as well. Is

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Speaker 1: there any backyard games or anything that that was at

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Speaker 1: out for the kids.

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Speaker 2: But what old school go monopoly mate? Still with board games?

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Speaker 2: Take them back plunk all right, hardy hippos.

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Speaker 1: The game of life. It is important at the moment,

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Speaker 1: I suppose as well. How busy you are. This is

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Speaker 1: like you said. I mean, we've never ever witnessed anything

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Speaker 1: like this in our history, that is for sure, and

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Speaker 1: we know how hard it's going to be to keep

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Speaker 1: this contained, Prime Minister. So we appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: Now as well, let's all hang together. We hang together,

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Speaker 2: will be good.

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Speaker 3: Busy inv