NSW relaxes one small rule in LGAs of concern, as national cabinet prepares to meet. Follow today’s updates
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So, we begin with the nations deputy premier, Barnaby Joyce, saying Western Australia and Queensland could become “hermit kingdoms” in their approach to border closures.
Joyce was on ABC News breakfast, and was asked about the fears both states have of Covid seeping through their borders, and he said it was “not possible” to maintain the border restrictions:
Will you just stay locked up forever? Do you isolate yourself from the world? That it? Do you become a hermit kingdom all of your own in a South Pacific? It’s not possible. People want their right to travel and want their right to go between states. I’m sure people in the Gold Coast in the tourism industry will be pulling their hair out to say that, well, you just completely rearranged our economy.
It comes down to the vaccination effort. Everybody is on a unity ticket on that front, right and there is affair way to go before we reach 70%.
Good morning everyone, Mostafa Rachwani with you this morning, on what I’m sure will be another hectic day.
We begin in New South Wales, which saw the arrival of 500,000 Pfizer doses from Singapore, as part of a “vaccine swap deal”. The doses are due to expire soon, so will be rolled out quickly across the country.
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