A day before national cabinet unanimously agreed to end mandatory isolation rules, the prime minister asked the nation's top doctor whether it was a good idea.
Mandatory isolation will end from October 14, and while Australians are still strongly encouraged to stay home if they have COVID, it will be up to the individual to decide what they do.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly was asked by Anthony Albanese for his advice about the proposal and in response said, in a letter, the change was "a reasonable approach".
