Jennifer was forced to leave her 15-year-old son behind in London, now she worries he may be stuck in the UK
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It s taken 11 months for Jennifer Guy to get flights home to Townsville, but her son Dan is still stuck in London.
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Jennifer Guy spent the duration of her flight back home to Australia in tears after being faced with what she says was the hardest decision of her life.
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The new cap on arrivals has been halved, making her anxious about cancellations
Ms Guy rebooked her son on a February 12 flight, the earliest she could afford
 Tourism bosses have warned the worst could be yet to come if national leaders do not end the border wars crippling the industry and tearing families apart. While Queensland s snap three-day lockdown has been praised for keeping the new mutant strain of the coronaÂvirus in check, tourism leaders fear the year will look increasingly bleak for operators if holiday-makers aren t given the confidence to resume travel. States restrictions on Queensland: WA has a hard border to all of Qld, with a retrospective 14-day quarantine to arrivals after Jan 2. VIC is closed to Greater Brisbane, entry is barred. TAS is closed to Greater Brisbane, entry is barred. SA says people coming from Greater Brisbane must self-quarantine for 14 days and test on days 1, 5 and 12.
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The Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to personally take the reins of the tourism portfolio under an anticipated federal ministerial reshuffle before the year’s end.
ATIC executive director Simon Westaway said tourism as a current and future economic pillar should stay inside Federal Cabinet, with its recovery best served under the PM’s direct oversight.
“Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham, now in the finance portfolio, has done an excellent job in tourism’s worst-ever year due to COVID-19 and bushfires,” Westaway said.
“With the PM’s past tourism experience, we believe nobody is better equipped inside the federal government to guide our industry so heavily impacted by the virus and in bushfire recovery.
Australia-NZ travel bubble to be open by March
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New Zealand s decision to open a two-way trans-Tasman travel bubble was a step towards international normality , the Morrison government said, but it risked coming too late for Australian tourist operators to benefit from an influx of Kiwis for the summer holidays.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that travellers from Australia would be allowed to enter New Zealand without having to quarantine before the end of March 2021 but the start date will not be known until some time in the new year.
Jacinda Ardern will open the two-way travel bubble with Australia next year.
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The pandemic has had a brutal impact on our entertainment, dining, shopping and travel experiences. Some sectors have bounced back faster than others.
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The director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Tony Ellwood, remembers being briefed about how bad the pandemic could get on Sunday, March 15. I was told that this was going to be incredibly serious and that we needed to move quickly, he says. My first thought was that I can see people walking through the gallery. I need to shut it down fast.