The list of Australians stranded overseas has continued to grow, with 39,000 people now keen to return as coronavirus bites across swathes of the globe. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on December 7 defended the government’s efforts to bring people home, arguing expanded quarantine was allowing more people to board planes. There were 26,200 people on […]

Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham says it’s not impossible that international travel could be back on the cards next year, but to do it in the first half of 2021 would be challenging. Such travel will depend on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. “Then of course the manufacturing rollout, distribution, uptake, all the other factors […]