Health worker in Papua New Guinea. Image tweeted by Natalie Whiting, ABC PNG Correspondent
Medical research institutes, including Burnet, have joined NGOs and Church groups in seeking strong, additional support for PNG’s COVID-19 emergency from the Australian Government, warning the intervention is “urgently” needed.
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The Australian Council for International Development, ACFID, of which Burnet is a committed member, has welcomed the recent indication in Senate Estimates that the Australian Government will move beyond the immediate 8,480 allocation of vaccines to PNG.
ACFID CEO Marc Purcell said comments by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Senator, the Hon. Marise Payne, that all options are on the table for supplying vaccines to PNG, including the use of domestically manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines, was positive, but the need was urgent.
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The Morrison Government will provide $12 million to help smaller tourism operators promote their business and reach new customers to take advantage of the Government-backed 800,000 discounted holiday flights.
The Government will provide $12 million to provide new photography and video material to up to 1,800 tourism operators from 57 regions around Australia. The program will be launched in Cairns this week with Tourism Australia meeting with local operators and industry to discuss details.
“We want Australians to do their patriotic duty and book a holiday and that’s why we’re turbo-charging confidence by providing 800,000 half-price airfares to tourist destinations around the country,” Mr Tehan said.