The REAL reason behind $1.2billion half-price flights scheme is revealed - here s everything you need to know about how to get a huge discount on your next holiday
Tickets to and from 13 holiday hotspots will be subsidised by the federal government from April until July 31
To get their half-price tickets, Australians simply need to head to the Qantas, Jetstar or Virgin websites
The scheme is part of a bail-out package for the crippled tourism sector which employs 611,000 Australians
The government will also offer companies who are still using JobKeeper a 10-year loan of up to $5million
The Treasurer has announced that the scheme will expand and extend the scheme, taking loans up to $5 million and help businesses refinance their existing loans. The federal government has announced t
11 Mar 2021
After much anticipation, the federal government has finally released the details of its new $1.2 billion support package for Australia’s tourism industry.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that while Australia’s economy had recovered 85 per cent of its fall from COVID-19, the next step in the government’s National Economic Recovery Plan would target the businesses, workers and regions still doing it tough.
Morrison said the package’s mix of half-price airline tickets, cheap loans for businesses and direct support to keep planes in the air, and airline workers in their jobs, would be a bridge to a more normal way of life for Aussies.
The premier said she was a bit disappointed that only one area of New South Wales - Merimbula on the south coast - was included in the plan, compared with four Queensland regions.