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Adam is a journalist who has worked for more than 40 media brands in the UK and Australia. Today, he mostly writes about aviation, space and defence.
The Victorian Premier’s comments come on the day the head of Australia’s vaccine rollout suggested COVID restrictions could be “activated and deactivated” for years.
The words are significant given Victoria halted taking stranded Australians during its second lockdown and flights from India were temporarily suspended nationwide in May when the Delta COVID variant became dominant.
It comes as the union revealed 70 Virgin employees are now in isolation after a COVID-positive colleague travelled while unknowingly infectious to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
The builder and skipper of the refugee boat was speaking as many of the 99 stranded men and women met their rescuers at an event held at the HARS Aviation Museum on 20 June.
Domestic aviation is facing its biggest challenge since the start of the COVID pandemic as more state borders closed and locally acquired cases emerged nationwide.
A cabin crew member tested positive on Saturday night and had previously worked on flights between Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast while likely infectious.
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