AFTA would like to reassure industry that the Federation remains highly engaged with the various Federal Government agencies on matters relating to the COVID-19.
AFTA is monitoring the situation on a daily basis and has established a dedicated page on the AFTA Website to provide important updates to Members – Click Here.
“The need to keep Australians safe from COVID-19 is paramount and we continue to work with many government agencies as plans and responses are considered and implemented,” said Jayson Westbury, AFTA Chief Exectuive.
Last Friday, AFTA distrbuted an update to Industry, welcoming the Govt-issued extension of seven days to the current travel ban in place for Chinese nationals entering Australia:
Overnight the Federal Government has issued an extension of seven (7) days to the current travel ban they have in place for Chinese Nationals entering Australia. AFTA welcomes this development as an indication that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation may be heading to a point of completion as a travel challenge (Member Alert Friday 14 Feb 2020).
Aditionally, AFTA Chief Executive Jayson Westbury stresses that Australian’s should not be scared to travel saying, ” that while the DFAT travel advisory to China remains at the Level 4 – Do not travel, it is still safe for Australians to travel to other countries.”
AFTA is working with industry to ensure that once the travel ban is lifted, the industry is ready to respond and promote that ‘the world is open for business’.
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