Tl;dr your housemate is the same as your sister for all new rules... except one.
"A household is your main place of residence," a Federal health department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News."Household may be made up of family members or house mates."Public gatherings of more than two people are banned. But, members of the same family home or share house can still go out together, even if there are more than two of you. The exceptions to this are schools, workplaces, funerals and weddings .
"Where the sibling/s does not live in the same primary household/s, visits should minimised and social distancing should be maintained," the spokesperson said. Can one person who lives alone see another household? For example, if I live alone, can I go for a walk with the share house up the street? The short answer is no."People should minimise interactions with others... Health and well-being is important and people are encouraged to undertake individual exercise or to exercise with household members," the spokesperson said."At this point gatherings of non-related people* are restricted to two and social distancing must be maintained."OK so...
Almost but not quite! The spokesperson confirmed that for all intents and purposes your housemate is your family member — except when it comes to the rule about families being"split" across houses. So while a child in a shared custody arrangement is currently allowed to travel between parent's houses, you're not allowed to go see your housemate Rufus just because he decided to quarantine at a mate's.
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