The message from Hunt this time is much better:
Health Minister Greg Hunt says a plan for vaccinated Australians to be able to travel overseas should be an incentive for people to get their COVID shot, as the government develops a roadmap for opening up the nation’s international borders.
Over the weekend, Mr Hunt
outlined a three-step plan for how border restrictions would gradually be removed, which included the ability for vaccinated Australians to head overseas sooner with fewer restrictions. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Philip Gaetjens has been working with his state counterparts on a plan for quarantine arrangements and reopening Australia once the most vulnerable were vaccinated.
On Monday, Mr Hunt said the government would be guided by medical advice in determining how it would allow vaccinated Australians to have an “easier passage out and easier passage in”.
“It should certainly be an incentive to get the vaccination,” he said.
“We will provide next steps as we have the medical evidence.”