The Federal Government has announced another dramatic increase in border control measures, with all non-citizens banned from coming to Australia.

The new measure will come into force from 9pm on Friday.

It’s the latest attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus with 565 cases recorded across Australia.

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That number is expected to rise significantly as more Australians return from overseas.

“We have about 80 per cent of the cases — in Australia that are either the result of someone who has contracted the virus overseas or someone who has had direct contact with someone who has returned from overseas,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

“So the overwhelming proportion of cases in Australia have been imported and the measures we’ve put in place have obviously had an impact on that, and this is a further measure now that will ensure that can be further enhanced.”

The PM also confirmed he had been in talks with Qantas about maintaining some flights to particular parts of the world to help Australians return from overseas.

It comes after the Government urged Australians abroad to return home as soon as possible.

Any Australians returning home will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days.