Australians warned to avoid all non-essential travel over Easter amid coronavirus crisis

With the Easter holidays this weekend, state governments and police have promised a crackdown on non-essential travel and holidays.

Around the country, Australians have been told to cancel trips and stay at home. Even family gatherings, and gatherings of more than two people, are banned.

In Tasmania, police will use helicopters to spot people travelling on the roads, while in New South Wales, even the state arts minister, Don Harwin, could be fined $1,000 for moving to his holiday house.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/09/australians-warned-to-avoid-all-non-essential-travel-over-easter-amid-coronavirus-crisis

A police officer talks to a driver at a checkpoint at Coolangatta on the Queensland-New South Wales border

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