General
International arrival caps to remain unchanged with National Cabinet dashing hopes of Australians stranded by COVID
National Cabinet has all but dashed the hopes of lifting international arrival caps for Australians struggling to return home for almost another month.
Key points:
- Australia’s international arrival caps will remain unchanged until February 15
- National Cabinet essentially halved arrivals at its last meeting fearing a new COVID-19 strain
- Individual states could lift their caps but that appears unlikely
Australians stranded abroad had hoped state, territory and federal leaders would lift the arrival caps at their meeting today, a fortnight after temporarily halving arrivals in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia to halt the spread of a new strain of COVID-19.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said while Australia had gone five days without…
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