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WA Premier Mark McGowan said the border closure would protect residents from “outbreaks of infection in the eastern states”, adding he expects the restrictions to last “for some time to come”.
Speaking to the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday, he also stated that Australia will not open its borders to international travellers "anytime soon.”
A spat between state politicians in NSW and Queensland has escalated in recent days, with senior officials in disagreement as to when the states’ shared border should be reopened. Speaking to ABC News Breakfast on Monday, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hinted that Queensland could remain closed to interstate arrivals through to September. This content is
Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham appeared to criticise Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk suggestion that her state’s borders may remain closed until September.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has lashed out at the Queensland government’s decision to bid for Virgin Australia, saying a successful bid would put the airline “back on the market in six months”. On Wednesday night, Minister Dutton posted a controversial update to his Twitter account, calling the bid “laughable”. This content is available exclusively
The two governments have become embroiled in a war of words over where the headquarters of Virgin would be if the airline receives a combined bailout funded by a number of states.
