Pressure growing for trans-Tasman travel bubble

Fiona Carruthers and Tom McIlroy

Jun 10, 2020 – 12.00am

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Travellers and tourism operators keen to take advantage of a trans-Tasman travel bubble have jumped on New Zealand's move to end all coronavirus restrictions, pushing plans for a speedy start to flights.

While New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved cautiously this week, many of her own experts have agreed that the bubble plan could safely start from July.

Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.