Queensland Tourism Industry Council's Daniel Gschwind says he is encouraging a flexible and practical approach for Australia to learn to live with COVID-19 so there is certainty for the future.
Queensland Tourism Industry Council's Daniel Gschwind says he is encouraging a flexible and practical approach for Australia to learn to live with COVID-19 so there is certainty for the future.
“We are encouraging, obviously, a flexible approach and a practical approach to living with this virus, which appears to be the only way forward,” Mr Gschwind told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “We know where we are now, we know where we have to be, and what we ask of the government and governments … is a path that gives us some certainty and some capacity to plan for the future. “Also just to maintain some hope in the industry.
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