Australia's trade minister, Dan Tehan, says relaxing border restrictions and letting foreign students back in are still 'very much part of the roadmap.'
Australia has been criticized for its slow vaccine rollout, with only 15.3% percent of its population fully vaccinated as of Aug. 1, according to Our World in Data.
Tehan said Australia is "very keen" to set up travel bubbles with countries that have managed the virus well like Singapore, Japan and South Korea.James D. Morgan | Getty Images Australia has closed its doors to the outside world since March 2020, and even barred its own citizens from returning home from India this past May.
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