The long-awaited vaccine passport for international travel is due to be rolled out by the Australian Government from Tuesday this week, as the country prepares to re-open its international borders for the first time since March 2020.
The union, which represents over 90,000 transport workers across Australia, has warned that without quarantine or rapid testing, the virus will spread quickly and plunge the industry back into a shutdown.
The new rules appear to be a slight deviation from the national plan announced by the Prime Minister earlier this month, which specified a seven-day period of home quarantine for returned travellers.
Aviation experts have again warned that Australians attempting to return from overseas will be forced to pay extremely high airfares, which could continue for another year, as the industry slowly ramps up its operations.
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told Momentum Media the Australian economy is set for a "very strong recovery" on the back of government support for business.
Julie Cooper was appointed as his replacement on 1 October, after previously joining the engineering business as a non-executive director in July 2017.