Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has urged state and territory governments to open borders to domestic holiday-makers when safe.
Tourism has been one of the hardest-hit sectors as governments acted to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Senator Birmingham said while health was the priority, it was important to get the economy moving again.People in Australia must stay at least 1.5 metres away from others. Check your state’s restrictions on gathering limits.
Wow! ScottMorrison, you finally realized all this on your own? What took you so long to figure it out? You shut Australians out ouf our own country, you made it impossible for me to attend my father's funeral. Riots, demonstrations, this is on you!!!
Bunnings is doing a ripping trade is there any common sense left in this country
No thanks
PM is in panic mode...not good State Premiers in their action saved him.. Let the States protect their own people.They are doing a great job...
Let’s first have a couple of months of people move freely within their states without large outbreaks, September sounds about right for interstate and NZ travel
I suspect some states and territories are more ready than others.....
Typical.. Tourism dollars more important than Australian lives.. ‘Ruby Princess ‘ anyone
Go away Morriscum. The states saved our backsides. You were always on the back foot. Remember that. When you wanted to go to the footy. ScottMorrisonMP
simple solution. you can cross the state border but when you return must go through 14 days isolation at the designated hotel under supervision at their cost. 🤔
Mini Trump is hard at work.
The Morrison government can’t have it both ways. You can’t announce it’s up to states to implement easing of restrictions and then whinge from the sidelines if they don’t do it at the pace you like. Who didn’t see this coming? Morrison and co cannot help but play politics.
No way I’m going interstate for tourism purposes .. bugger that. Show me the exact detailed plans for a safe workable attractive tourism model .. “We need people moving” is not a plan or a model. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.
The states and territories will decide for themselves when they think it’s prudent to reopen.
Yeah right, while '42 cases remain untraceable' in Queensland.
In other words, 'We need people moving to spread the virus - Trump isn't happy he won't be able to sell HIS drug here.' - ScottMorrisonMP
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Border closures to be a 'battle between the states and commonwealth' | Sky News AustraliaThe federal government is determined to push the states to open their borders to mitigate the economic cost of COVID-19, according to Sky News Political editor Andrew Clennell.\n\nTourism Minister Simon Birmingham told Sky News on Monday premiers who refuse to open their borders despite dropping COVID-19 case numbers will be “answerable to their tourism industry”.\n \nThe comments came after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk suggested she would keep her borders shut until September.\n \nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has also raised concerns people from NSW could visit New Zealand before Brisbane.\n\nMr Clennell told Sky News if Australia's domestic border remain shut, then more 'businesses are going to be going broke, jobs are going to be lost and we are going to lose a lot of money.'\n\nHe said the border closure issue will be a 'battle going forward' between the states and the commonwealth.\n\n\n aclennell They should just open up everything now. aclennell The federal government? These arseholes work for us, not tje othef way around. the people want to get back to work...open the country up. Ffs aclennell Do these people want to Destroy Australia Completely If So They Should Be Arrested and Charged And Serve Jail Time
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NSW lobbies states to open borders | Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales is lobbying states to re-open their borders to breathe new life into the economy.\n\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian has not banned travellers from entering her state, despite recording the highest number of infections.\n\nQueensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory all have strict measures in place including checkpoints and limits on regional travel.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n We should only open our SA border to Vic and nsw when you have no active cases. We have and like to keep it that way thanks. aclennell Active cases in NSW 40 times higher than Qld. You fix yours, we'll fix ours. Deal? As a Queenslander I agree with GladysB So StevenJMiles & BradHazzard it's time for science to inform decision making. CMO_England has already said COVID19Aus is low risk, see further confirmed via multiple reputable sources:
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Tourism Minister blasts premiers planning to keep borders closed | Sky News AustraliaPremiers who refuse to open their borders despite dropping COVID-19 case numbers will be “answerable to their tourism industry”.\n \nThese are the words of Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham who has for the first time publicly weighed into the feud between state leaders who are refusing to open their borders and shed light on the rift forming between each state’s approach to economic recovery.\n \n“I expect that if the successful suppression of COVID continues then the states should be relaxing their border controls,” Mr Birmingham exclusively told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.\n \n“If one or two states were to hold out they will be answerable to their tourism industry and will need to provide additional support to that industry.”\n \nThe sensational comments came after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk suggested she would keep her borders shut until September.\n \nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has also raised concerns people from NSW could visit New Zealand before Brisbane.\n \nMr Clennell also revealed the Qld Government wants to enter into talks with WA, South Australia and the NT concerning a possible COVID-safe travel bubble between those states.\n \nNSW and Victoria would be excluded from this deal. aclennell aclennell Premiers who refuse to open their borders despite dropping COVID-19 case numbers will be answerable to all their constituents. aclennell But the states are just following the phased implemention approved by the Feds, which also allowed the states to set their own timelines.
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