both to trigger and ease restrictions such as border closures, but Mr Morrison failed to convince other leaders to sign up.
"My door is always open to have those discussions but I can assure you the states have a strong view about retaining their decision-making power over those issues." Mr Morrison said the "precautionary actions" were understandable and offered a slim hope that border closures could be eased by Christmas."It may well be that what we're seeing in the Avalon outbreak comes and goes the same way that the Adelaide outbreak went and it all comes and goes in that sort of period of time," he said. "We're not at that point yet to be able to make those judgments.
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee is meeting daily to discuss the situation. Health ministers will meet on Wednesday, while transport ministers were called into a meeting on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack to ensure border restrictions do not interrupt freight.