SYDNEY, June 29 — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today said the reopening of state borders will support jobs growth despite a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus in the country's second most populated state. South Australia and Tasmania states have in recent days confirmed their borders...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Sydney May 19, 2019. — AAP Image/Joel Carrett via Reuters
“There's no reason we can't go ahead with these openings,” Morrison told 2GB radio. “They should go ahead — it's costing jobs in those states.” Morrison also pledged more economic stimulus as Australia slides into its first recession in 30 years and the unemployment rate has hit a 19-year high of 7.1 per cent.
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