PM coy on trans-Tasman bubble date

PM coy on trans-Tasman bubble date
Pattrick Smellie
The government is working “very, very hard” on the trans-Tasman bubble, which it hopes will be possible “soon”.However, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she didn’t want to talk dates yet “because I don't want to be moving goalposts”.BusinessDesk reported yesterday that government agencies are working to a rough target of opening up quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia in the first half of next month.“I want to present people with some definitive dates that they can plan a...

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