The New Zealand Prime Minister says the latest virus outbreak in Victoria is leading to a shift in thinking about quarantine-free travel with Australia.
, Ardern refused to put a timeframe on the bubble.
Birmingham was talking about the bubble on a country-wide level, saying it was subject to the outbreak in Victoria being contained. “That's a realistic time frame, however, it clearly is subject to uncertainties like the situation in Victoria and ultimately it requires the agreement of the New Zealand government as well,” he toldMeanwhile, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, former Air New Zealand chief Rob Fyfe and Sir Peter Gluckman released a paper last week arguing that New Zealand needed to start working out how it couldCurrently only New Zealand citizens, residents, or people with special exemptions can enter New...
Opening the border to Australian travellers could inject between $2.03 billion and $4.07 billion into the New Zealand economy by Christmas 2020, according to Ernst & Young Australia. The Government announced in May that work would begin on a trans-Tasman bubble, and tourism operators are desperate for the return of some international travel, particularly as the ski season got under way.The most important news, analysis and insights delivered to your inbox at the start and end of each day. Sign up to
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