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“The travel industry has been the sacrificial lamb”: CATO bigwigs plead with Tourism Minister for financial aid 19 Feb 2021
The Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) has pushed for post-JobKeeper financial support from the federal government during a meeting with Tourism Minister Dan Tehan this week.
The delegation consisting of CATO managing director Brett Jardine, chairman Dennis Bunnik and board member Brad McDonnell met with Minister Tehan in Canberra on Tuesday to highlight the complex nature of the travel industry and the important role of the land supply sector.
Jardine said Australia’s Tourism Minister was engaged and interested in learning more about the sector and the impacts of COVID.
The Prime Minister says he hopes Australian can make real progress soon on a travel bubble with Pacific Island nations by working with them on their COVID-19 testing capabilities. Speaking to John Laws on 2SM this morning, the Prime Minister said he would love to see a Pacific bubble . We are working [with] countries like Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Fiji and so on, because we also have a lot of seasonal workers, he said. We don t have full confidence yet that they are just going to a complete what s called a green lane. But we re working with them to ensure we can just lift that confidence. We ll be seeking to support them with their testing over there and I hope we can make some real progress on that soon.