CATO’s delegation also bumped into AFTA’s boss while down in Canberra this week, with the two industry bodies comparing notes from their respective meetings.

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Even returning Aussies who have already received the jab won’t be able to skip 14 days of hotel quarantine. Unless, of course, they manage to escape.

Reading this is just like being a fly on the wall at AFTA’s latest meeting with Dan Tehan, minus the threat of being sprayed with Mortein.

A Victorian-based travel agent has crafted a cheeky little meme to slam the federal government over its lack of support for the sector.

Fingers and toes are being crossed throughout the industry, as Australia’s new Tourism Minister provides some hope of targeted government support.

Could this turn out to be another much-needed funding opportunity for travel agents? Let’s bloody hope so.

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Deputy PM Michael McCormack has decided to loosen the government’s purse strings and help out Qantas and Virgin a little more.

Darren Rudd has almost run out of superlatives to describe the federal government’s $128 million boost to the sector.

It’s not quite the $250 million ask that AFTA was after, but it’s certainly better than nothing.

The calls for ScoMo to get off his backside and announce the lifeline agents so badly need have grown even louder and slightly terser.