‘We Need People Moving Across This Country Again’: Australia’s Trade Minister

‘We Need People Moving Across This Country Again’: Australia’s Trade Minister
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Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has urged states and territories to reopen borders for domestic travel in an effort to get the economy moving again.

He told Nine’s Today program on May 19 that while public health is crucial Australia needed “people moving across this country again” when it’s safe to do so.

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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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