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Marginal advantage: a whiff of pork in the government’s great tourist ticket lottery – The Conversation AU
The Morrison government’s tourism assistance package can be fairly criticised for being arbitrary and skewed by political interests.
The Morrison governments plan to halve the cost of up to 800,000 air tickets for interstate travellers is a rescue package of sorts for Australias tourism industry.
But the highly selective list of destinations 13 were initially announced, though more may be added suggests a bit of political pork has been included in the menu.
Under the scheme the centrepiece of a A$1.2 billion Tourism Aviation Network Support Program the government will subsidise tickets for interstate travel to these chosen destinations…
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