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The federal government will release the remaining $75.5 million of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program, following widespread industry campaigning.
Penny Spencer has joined calls for the release of the remaining $74 million of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program.
In a win for travel agents across Australia, the federal government has announced additional targeted support for the sector.
AFTA is again harnessing the power of its members with the next stage in its lobbying for more ongoing government support.
Manwaring is also urging the government to speed up the rollout of the government’s COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program. “We are very grateful for the federal government’s COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program, which has seen $258 million in support for Australian travel and tourism businesses, including travel agents,” he said. “But we need the support from rounds one and two of the grants program to flow more quickly to those eligible agents and, given the ongoing pause in outbound travel, we need this support extended and supplemented urgently across the entire travel sec...