Posts tagged "border closures"

This current phase — where Australian borders are closed but the rest of the world is opening up — is going to cause severe damage to international business.

The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental in the nation containing COVID-19, but there are big social and economic costs.

Modelling released by Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute has demonstrated the hit that the international education sector will take due to border closures.

Amid shocking news about rising COVID-19 deaths and health systems collapsing across the world, travel companies are remaining perky. When will somebody tell us the truth about international travel?

A rigorous, nationally coordinated network of contact tracing and quarantine is surely preferable to border closures and economic disruptions.

Tradespeople and others in licensed occupations could find it easier to work across state and territory borders next year.

COVID-19 restrictions will not be tightened for NSW businesses for the time being, but state officials say they are watching the situation closely.

Pressure is increasing on state governments to ease border closures as tourism businesses hit the wall due to a lack of customers, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg saying the policies are costing jobs.