by While there may have to be exemptions for those with genuine medical reasons as to why they could not be vaccinated, there would be little tolerance for anti-vaxxers.
“We’ve got a lot of those issues to work through and so do all the other countries,” he said.
Travellers most likely would have to produce vaccination certificates, not unlike the yellow certificates that have long been used for diseases such as yellow fever,
Earlier this week, Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce said passengers would need to be vaccinated against coronavirus before being permitted to fly on his airline.
“We will ask people to have a vaccination before they can get on the aircraft… for international visitors coming out and people leaving the country we think that’s a necessity,” Joyce said.
This prompted a rebuke from One Nation leader Pauline Hanson but few others. Most other major airlines are expected to adopt similar rules.
With the virus again suppressed in Australia, a vaccine on the horizon and with most state borders open, attention within the Morison government is turning increasingly to the emergence from the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Mr Morison used a video address to public service chiefs to thank them for their work ion steering the nation through the crisis and to gird them for the task ahead in terms of repairing the economy.
He reminded the mandarins that the government believed the recovery must be led by business and he asked them to bear this in mind when developing policies and proposals.
“Governments can’t carry countries forever in our economy,” he said.
” Our economy will be driven by businesses. And so our policies and our implementation must be about spurring those businesses on to make those decisions, to plan for their future with confidence, and to move forward.
“We are rebuilding what we’ve lost. We are reclaiming the jobs, the investment, the exports, the businesses and the hopes of millions of Australians that were crushed this year.
“We are now, and as we go into next year, we are in the comeback phase.”
Mr Morrison said this year had “witnessed the Australian public service at its very best”.
Whether it was the rapid formulation of emergency responses such as the $101 billion JobKeeper plan, or moves to repatriate Australians stranded abroad, “you have met that disruption head on”.
“And now I’m going to ask for something from you once again, and that is more next year.”
