Leaders to create sport restart principles

Elite sport will soon have restart guidelines as federal and state leaders map out the return of major codes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said competitive local sport and passive activities like surfing and walking would also be covered under the principles, which national cabinet has agreed to develop.

"That is such an important part of our way of life here in Australia," he told reporters in Canberra on Friday.

Mr Morrison said he wanted to see as much consistency between states and territories as possible.

The AFL and NRL are working with state governments to look at the way forward for training, matches and funding models.

"What we'll be doing and particularly what the medical expert panel will be doing will be drawing their proposals together," Mr Morrison said.

The prime minister said people would welcome a return to local sport and recreation.

"We want to get back to a place where that can happen and we can have the confidence to do it safely and we want to do that as soon as we can."