Pandemic support for Australian aviation has been woeful and is about to get worse 05 Mar 2021 The Australian Government needs to act now to save the aviation industry and protect the country’s post-pandemic economy. Australia’s economy is absolutely reliant on aviation but the Morrison Government is yet to consider continuing support past March. The nation’s JobKeeper scheme runs out at the end of the month and there seem to be no plans to extend it, despite the industry’s continuing Covid-19 problems. “It’s not an option to do nothing,” ITF’s Scott McDine told ABC NewsRadio “Australia has such a heavy dependence on international travel and trade. We’re just about at the end of the month and we have a government which still hasn’t made a decision...we don’t even know if they’re going to make a decision.”