Under the new restrictions – which will go into effect 11:59 p.m. Tuesday – all regions except Auckland will be able to return to school, offices, businesses, and regional travel will reopen again.

Australia’s restart of international travel could be delayed by months due to a “torrential exit” of skilled ground services workers from aviation,  industry bodies told the Senate on Monday.

Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program has been tracking aviation accidents in the mining industry since 2010, which has continued to trend downwards each year.

Exercise Red Flag Alaska 21-3, which took part between 12 and 27 August, was designed to support the integration of the RAAF and USAF in a large force employment activity.