All but one of Australia's states and territories have agreed to look at a 'hotspot model' to guide travel across most of the country as part of a goal to ease coronavirus-related border restrictions by Christmas.
All but one of Australia's states and territories have agreed to look at a 'hotspot model' to guide travel across most of the country as part of a goal to ease coronavirus-related border restrictions by Christmas.
"We've decided that this notion of 100 per cent, absolute consensus on any issue is not a way that the national cabinet can indeed work," he told reporters. "States, of course, will reserve ultimately the decisions they take, but all of those who have committed to this path have agreed that we should work hard to get that in its best possible form."
Premiers and chief ministers - except for WA - also endorsed the idea of defining coronavirus hotspots.That definition says the starting point for a hotspot is 10 locally acquired cases a day over three consecutive days in metropolitan areas, and three locally acquired cases daily over the same period in regional Australia.
"But if there's no COVID in Christchurch, and there's COVID in Queensland, then there's no reason both of them can't come to Sydney." Ms Palaszczuk earlier on Friday called out"relentless" and"intimidating" criticism of her border closures, and indicated she wouldn't budge on the issue until it was safe to do so.agreed that Australia needed to boost inbound arrivalsOnly 4,000 people are currently allowed into Australia each week, but about 23,000 Australians are trying to return.
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