senior member of the Australian government, home affairs minister Peter Dutton, has tested positive for coronavirus, he said on Friday.
Mr Dutton, who sits on the national security committee, said he woke up with a "temperature and sore throat".
He said he immediately contacted his local health department in Queensland and is now in hospital.
There are currently 156 confirmed cases in Australia, including US actor Tom Hanks, who is in Queensland.
Hanks is there with his wife Rita Wilson - who also has the virus - to make a film about Elvis Presley.
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