Govt limits indoor meetings to 100, bans overseas travel

Prime minister Scott Morrison has banned all non-essential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and ordered Australians not to travel overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus response a balance between physical and economic health

Australia’s extension of the travel ban from China due to coronavirus was made on medical safety grounds, but its economic impact is piling pressure on the Morrison government, writes Michelle Grattan.

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China scolds Australia as unis grapple with virus travel ban

The University of Canberra is asking Chinese students temporarily excluded from travelling to Australia to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to defer their studies.

Govt considers extending China travel ban

A travel ban preventing Chinese visitors and students from entering Australia may be extended as part of the government’s response to the coronavirus.

Trump travel ban blocked by second judge

A US federal judge in Maryland has issued a temporary stay of President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban a day after a colleague in Hawaii handed down a similar order.

Court upholds suspension of Trump's travel ban

President Donald Trump has suffered a legal blow with a federal appeals court refusing to reinstate a temporary travel ban he had ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.