- National NewsPrime Minister Scott Morrison Defends Estimates International Borders Will Stay Closed Until Mid Next Year
Prime Minister Scott Morrison Defends Estimates International Borders Will Stay Closed Until Mid Next Year
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is defending budget estimates that our International Borders won't open until mid next year
The tourism sector has come out saying just over one billion dollars committed to the industry in last night's budget isn't enough to cover the COVID losses.
But the Prime Minister has told us this morning things won't just open up suddenly, with lots of work to be done first.
'I think we'll be able to do things in a gradual way but I think the idea that we'll all wake up one morning and we'll all be travelling again? It's not going to happen like that," he said.
Margy Osmond from the Tourism Transport Forum told the ABC the date assumed by the budget would be devastating for business."We will see more job losses and we will see many, many business failures out of this and when the borders do finally open," she said.
"In the absence of any additional ongoing support, we'll be lucky to have a tourism industry to welcome international tourists back into the country."
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