school's out in Victoria after the state government announced holidays would be brought forward due to the coronavirus in the AC t students will stay home from today and work online as pupil free days stretch until the break in New South Wales the government is calling on parents to keep their children at home but the Premier Gladys Vera Jillian says the doors remain open for any child who wants to attend school is also optional in the Northern Territory and Tasmania but state premiers in Queensland South Australia and Western Australia say students should attend the prime minister says children will return for term - across the country if the health advice says it's safe