Most of Australia's borders are expected to open before Christmas. (Daily Mail)
After today's cabinet meeting, Australian Prime Minister Morrison (Scott Morrison) announced that states and territories other than Western Australia "agreed in principle" to reopen the domestic border framework before Christmas.
"The governors and chief directors today reaffirmed their support for this goal ," Morrison said. "
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"But in the rest of Australia, they have a timetable and we hope to be open as promised. By Christmas this year, seven of the eight states and territories will be open, a big day for Australia. "
But Morrison laughed and said ," But who knows? Maybe eight. "
Mr morrison said contact-tracking teams across australia are now actively preparing for another outbreak without having to close the border again.
In the past seven months, the Australian airline industry has suffered a loss of A $17 billion as a result of the shutdown of domestic travel, and a loss of A $61 billion as a result of the suspension of international aviation.
In addition, the cabinet has agreed to raise the weekly limit for overseas arrivals in some states so that more Australians can return home.
Starting next month, the weekly maximum number of arrivals in Western Australia will increase by 150, and the Queensland limit will increase by 150.
It is reported that there are about 30,000 Australian people trapped overseas.
In addition, Morrison said the Cabinet had also discussed new forms of quarantine, saying that "it is possible to isolate whether at home, on farms, in the accommodation of mining camps or on campus. "
Mr morrison said the cabinet's participants had also agreed to "identify and pilot some options for small (reopening) scale ahead of a larger reopening of international travel ".
