Prime Minister Scott Morrison flags the number of people coming into Australia could be further reduced to ease the burden on states and territories administering hotel quarantine.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged the number of people coming into Australia could be further reduced to ease the burden on states and territories administering hotel quarantine.He says he wants to ease the burden on states administering hotel quarantineThe number of international arrivals Australia accepts has plummeted since March, but Mr Morrison said he would take a proposal to National Cabinet to reduce that number even further.
"There is a volume that can be accommodated by the states and territories currently but they certainly wouldn't want to see that increase," he addedHe said it would be "completely understandable" for returning travellers to begin paying for their own hotel quarantine.
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