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Business and health professionals call for states to standardise COVID-19 border rules
The economic shock of COVID-19 came at the worst time for Damien Munforti, the owner of a tour business that runs day trips to the Northern Territory’s Litchfield National Park.
Key points:
- Tourism businesses say uncertainty over border rules has led to cancellations
- Industry groups are calling on states to work more closely together on national rules
- Health groups also hope states will homogenise their COVID assessment systems
He had just taken out a loan for a new bus to drive his visitors from Darwin out to the park.
“It’s been pretty tough, like for everybody else, as well as having to let go of a couple of very good tour guides in the process,” he said.
His hopes for a better 2021 have already been disrupted by a jigsaw of COVID travel…
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