Federal and state leaders will thrash out a unified approach to year 12 students as schools prepare to shift to online learning due to coronavirus.

NSW has recorded its lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than three weeks as detectives seize evidence from the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship.

A third person in South Australia has succumbed to the coronavirus.The 76 year old man from regional SA died on Wednesday night from COVID-19 in Royal Adelaide Hospital, lifting the national death toll to 51.

The Victorian government has inked a deal to have ventilators produced locally within the state by June.

Wage subsidies worth $130 billion will soon flow to workers around Australia as the federal government scrambles to save six million jobs.

Tasmania has passed 100 coronavirus cases, with more health staff testing positive amid an outbreak at a hospital in the state's northwest.

HOW DOES THE JOBKEEPER PAYMENT WORK?* Businesses will receive $1500 every fortnight for all employees over six months* Employers will be legally obligated to pass the money on to their workers* The tax office will administer the payments, which are worth $130 billion* The scheme is designed to maintain links...

Eligible workers will soon get $1500 fortnightly payments for six months after the federal government's $130 billion wage subsidy scheme passed parliament.

World Health Organisation officials have denied that the body was "China-centric" and say the acute phase of a pandemic is not the time to cut funding, after US President Donald Trump said he would put contributions on hold.

LATEST NEWS ABOUT COVID-19:--NUMBERS* Confirmed cases in Australia: 6,013* Australian deaths: 50 (21 in NSW, 12 in Vic, four in Qld, six in WA, three in Tas, two in ACT, two in SA).