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Vaccinated Australians could be allowed to undertake quarantine-free overseas travel within months, with health officials told to develop medical thresholds for easing international border controls once vulnerable people are protected.
Following Friday’s national cabinet meeting, premiers also agreed to lift capacity at large, ticketed, seated events such as sporting matches to 100 per cent as well as strive to keep state borders open when coronavirus outbreaks flare up.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says national cabinet is looking at how to reopen Australia.
Alex Ellinghausen
As the government tries to push ahead with reopening the economy despite the setback to the vaccine rollout, the tourism and education sectors warned they would suffer further damage if the international borders remained closed for long.