What you can and can't do under the rules
Find out how public health orders affect where you can go and what is open, closed or restricted.
Keep your distance
If you have to leave home for essential reasons like visiting the doctor or grocery shopping, stay at least 1.5 metres away from others.
Look after yourself and others
Wash your hands regularly and keep in touch with family and friends by phone, social media or video calls where possible.
Family and domestic violence support
Find out what to do if it's not safe for you to stay at home. You can call our Domestic Violence Line anytime on 1800 65 64 63.
Stay at home rules
You must stay at home, unless you are going to:
work (where you can’t work remotely)
school or an educational institution
shop for food and essentials
get medical care or supplies
exercise.
By staying home you'll help to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect your community. Find out what you can and can't do at home.
You may only leave home with a reasonable excuse, including to
avoid injury or illness or escape a risk of harm
deal with emergencies or on compassionate grounds
access childcare
provide care or assistance (including personal care) to a vulnerable person or to provide emergency assistance
attend a wedding (limited to a total of 5 people) or funeral (limited to a total of 10 people, excluding the person/s necessary to conduct the funeral e.g. funeral director)
move to a new place of residence, or between your different places of residence (a holiday is not an acceptable reason)
donate blood
undertake legal obligations
access social services, employment services, services provided to victims (including as victims of crime), domestic violence services, and mental health services
continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children for children who do not live in the same household as their parents or one of their parents
if you are a priest, minister of religion or member of a religious order, go to a place of worship or to provide pastoral care.
Gathering in a public place is limited to two people.
There are certain exceptions to this rule, including for a gathering:
for work
of residents from the same household
for a wedding (limited to a total of 5 people including the person conducting the service)
for a funeral (limited to a total of 10 people, not including the staff preparing and conducting the service e.g. funeral director)
to move to into a new home or business premises
to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person
to provide emergency assistance
to fulfil a legal obligation including attending a court or tribunal, satisfying bail requirements or participating in legal proceedings).
The two person rule does not apply to people travelling in cars, or gatherings at public transport stops, stations or platforms.
Penalties apply to people who intentionally spit at or cough on
a public official
another worker while the worker is at work or travelling to or from work
in a way that would reasonably be likely to cause fear about the spread of COVID-19.
