Trans-Tasman bubble details imminent - Canberra airport seeks attention

Trans-Tasman bubble details imminent - Canberra airport seeks attention
Pattrick Smellie
A detailed set of proposals for the creation of a trans-Tasman travel 'bubble' is due to be delivered to the New Zealand and Australian governments later today or tomorrow by the peak business body that has been working on the initiative. But just as the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum prepares to issue statements on both sides of the Ditch, Canberra airport has muscled in with some attention-seeking behaviour of its own. In a proposal unexpectedly backed by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Canberra is proposing that the bubble sh...

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