"What we are saying is non-essential travel should be avoided and particularly when we're talking about interstate travel and longer distances, the sort of travel that would not be normally part of your normal life.
"Going to the shops is something you have to do, get into work, other important tasks you have on a daily basis you have to do.
"I think Australians can exercise their common sense about things they know are not essential.
"We will give you as many rules as we can and as many guidelines but we need you to think carefully about what you are doing and your behaviour and the impact it has on others.
"So it does mean that those holidays that you may have been planning to take interstate over the school holidays, cancel them.
"That is what it means. It is regrettable and I know the impact it will have many people in those communities where those holidays were going to take place.
"These decisions are not taken lightly and for those who are arguing for extreme measures all over the country, we would only take further measures based on medical advice because, at the same time that we are trying to protect lives, we are also trying to protect the livelihoods of Australians and that means acting on medical advice and ensuring that we remain totally in lockstep on the incremental changes we're regrettably enforcing.
"It is the case that that travel needs to be reduced to stop the spread of the virus across the country. Other states will be making other decisions about this issue and they will make further announcements today and I will leave them to make them."
