New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet told Sky News the “biggest challenge” facing Australia is the closure of international borders with the nation having become “a victim our of own success” in eliminating the virus. “If you look at the restrictions that are still in place in our state, the number one impact is international borders being closed,” he said. “We can’t live here in a hermit kingdom on the other side of the world in Australia, we’ve got to get moving as fast as we can. “The concern I have is you see other jurisdictions, the US, the UK where they’ve been living alongside the virus … we don’t want to be in a position where their economics move ahead faster because we keep those borders closed well into the future”. Mr Perrottet said he expects health and treasury departments will soon be discussing “what percentage of the population needs to be vaccinated before health has the confidence to open international borders”. “This is going to be a very difficult conversation that we’ve got to have with the Australian people because unlike other countries around the world we’ll be opening our borders and letting the virus in."
from Breaking National News and Australian News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3gMfwi4
Thursday, April 29, 2021
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