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Australia has announces a nationwide shutting down for non-essential services as coronavirus cases rise rapidly in the country.

Clubs, pubs, gyms, theaters and places of worship will be shut from midday on March 23, while restaurants and cafes will have to switch to takeaway only.

PM Scott Morrison announced the restrictions after a national cabinet meeting.

The number of cases in Australia has risen sharply in recent days, reaching 1,315.

New South Wales (NSW), home to Sydney, is the worst-affected state with 533 confirmed cases. Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, has 296 cases, while Queensland has 259.

The new measures will see many businesses close but supermarkets, oil stations, pharmacies and home delivery services will continue running.

PM Morrison said he wanted to keep schools open but parents would be able to keep their children at home if they wished to do so.

He said: “I don’t want to see our children lose an entire year of their education.”

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Some states, including Victoria, have signaled that they want to close schools.

Seven people have died across Australia so far from Covid-19.

The new restrictions come after large crowds gathered on Sydney’s beaches including Bondi on March 21, flouting social distancing advice.

PM Morrison said that the federal and state governments had decided to act because Australians were not obeying guidelines.

However, the prime minister added: “We are not putting in place lockdowns that put people in and confine them to their homes.

“That is not a measure that has been contemplated at this point.”

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said people, especially the young, had to realize that they needed to live “very differently” and stop going out in order to control the virus.

PM Morrison also announced new stimulus measures to boost the country’s economy.

South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory will close their borders from Tuesday. Under the new rules, anyone arriving will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days.

Tasmania, an island state, has already imposed similar travel restrictions.

The Australian Football League suspended its 2020 season, with no fixtures until at least May 31. The women’s league has also been halted. In contrast, the National Rugby League says it will carry on with matches as planned.

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Australia’s PM Scott Morrison has promised to stop religious schools from rejecting gay students.

The prime minister said new legislation would “make it clear that no student of a non-state school should be expelled on the basis of their orientation”.

Some Australian states allow such schools to reject gay students.

The discrimination of gay students in religious schools has been hotly debated in Australia after recommendations of a report on religious freedom were leaked earlier this week.

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The religious report, commissioned after same-gender marriage was made legal in 2017, suggested that procedures for non-state schools to reject gay students should be made consistent nationwide, raising the possibility of allowing such rejections across Australia.

On October 10, PM Scott Morrison, who leads the center-right Liberal-National coalition, said the proposals – which included some safeguards for gay students – would be considered “carefully and respectfully”.

On October 13, the prime minister made clear that religious schools would not be allowed to discriminate under new legislation.

He said: “Given recent misreporting, we have an opportunity here to bring forward a simple amendment to end the confusion.”

Australian state schools are already banned from discriminating against students on the basis of their orientation.

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