PM to end money for lockdown after 80pc vaccination rate is reached
The Morrison government will pressure the states and territories to stick with the national plan to reopen the economy by turning off emergency financial supports to each jurisdiction a fortnight after they reach an 80 per cent double vaccination rate.
Some states have already varied the national plan by pledging to keep borders closed or their economies tightly restricted until higher vaccination targets than the 70 per cent and 80 per cent thresholds agreed to in the national plan were achieved.
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