The 30-minute time limit on hair appointments has been lifted after salon owners said it was too difficult to cut someone's hair in half an hour.

The rule was announced on Tuesday night to slow the spread of coronavirus but was scrapped just eight hours after it came into force.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister said the decision was made 'following the receipt of feedback on the practical implementation of measures'.

Hairdressers no longer have only 30 minutes to attend to each customer. Pictured: A salon in Brisbane

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However, clients must still remain four square metres apart.

One Sydney hairdresser welcomed the news but slammed the government for the lack of clarity.

'The government hasn't got a clue,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

She said she spent hours re-organising appointments to fit clients in before the restriction and had been frantically finding ways to keep appointments to 30 minutes, all for nothing.

On Tuesday night, Mr Morrison announced a raft of businesses that would need to close their doors, putting thousands of Australians out of work.

Personal service businesses 'where there is a lot of contact', such as beauty therapy, tanning, waxing, nail salons and tattoo parlours will be forced to shut.

But hairdressers and barbershops are allowed to remain open as well as food markets and shopping centres, except for the food courts.

It comes as the number of coronavirus cases passed 2,600 and the death toll hit 11 after two men in their 70s passed away in Victoria overnight.

A salon worker in Brisbane colours a woman's hair before the restriction was brought in