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'How can you say it's unsafe': open travel with NZ, airport boss says

Tom McIlroy and Andrew Tillett
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Carefully easing travel restrictions for Australians stuck in New Zealand would free up capacity in the strained hotel quarantine system and build momentum for a travel bubble, Canberra Airport boss Stephen Byron says.

Frustrated at state border closures and the shutdown of international aviation, Mr Byron has called for Australian citizens to be allowed to fly home from New Zealand without undergoing 14 days’ hotel quarantine.

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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. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com
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