Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has asked state and territory leaders to take more Australians returning from overseas in a bid to lift the weekly arrivals cap from 4000 to 6000 | anguslivingston
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has asked state and territory leaders to take more Australians returning from overseas in a bid to lift the weekly arrivals cap from 4000 to 6000.
He said NSW has agreed to take an extra 500 Australians each week, and South Australia has agreed to take an extra 360 people.Mr McCormack said an extra 500 people would go into Western Australia, and he urged Queensland to take an extra 500 people into Cairns or the Gold Coast. He is also talking to Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT.But until the COVID-19 cases drop in Victoria, Mr McCormack said there would be no international flights into Melbourne.
Sydney currently takes more than 3000 people a week, while Perth takes 525 a week and Brisbane takes 500 a week.
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