National cabinet agrees to a four-phase plan to move away from lockdowns

National cabinet has agreed to a four-phase plan to move away from lockdowns and restrictions once enough Australians are vaccinated. Each new phase is to be triggered by the achievement of a vaccination threshold, expressed as a percentage of the eligible population. There are no commitment to specific timelines around when the transitions will happen.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison following a national cabinet meeting at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP

The Prime Minister says as a first step there will be a temporary cut to commercial passenger arrivals by 50 per cent to reduce the pressure on the quarantine system. 

But Mr Morrison says the federal government will still help out with repatriation efforts for Australians stuck overseas.

 

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