Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

[JessicaTam]

Services Australia has revealed that technology to allow Australians to travel overseas with proof of vaccination will be ready within weeks.

The so-called visible digital seal (VDS) project will allow Australians to verify their vaccination status with Home Affairs, who will create a “highly authenticated” digital record for travel and for use by third parties, such as airlines and other countries.

Services Australia said at the request of an individual, the department would send a person’s vaccination status to the passport office.

“What they will then do is take that data, make sure it’s all correct, and then they will put what they call a visible digital seal onto a certificate that they will then send back to us,” the department’s Charles McHardie said.

“And that certificate will then appear straightaway in your Medicare Express Plus app, and then you can download it to your phone.”

“That can be used at, you know departure gates, etcetera, wherever it may be utilized as as the borders start to open up.”

The VDS technology is internationally recognised and was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Chief executive Rebecca Skinner said she expected the technology to be ready within three weeks.

“We are confident that the technology will all be in place within the next sort of two to three weeks, well before the end of October,” Skinner said.

“Our plan is to have all of the technology in place so that it is settled and tested situation before the policy decisions need to be made.

“We don’t want to be in a situation where policy decisions can’t be taken because the technology isn’t ready.”

Can you provide a reference please?

 

[jakeseven7]

Can you provide a reference please?

NoCookies | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au

 

[MEL_Traveller]

LOL - are you sitting there making this stuff up just to troll people here? "When people start flying around in large numbers again and variants mix"?

I think it's clear that your views are literally made up as you go and non-sense, you clearly don't care about the tourism industry and the thousands who depend on it and over the last18 months haven't cared about stranded Aussies who can't get home.

The shameful thing is that it seems the majority of Aussies in Australia share these views - and thanks to these views, this process is much, much slower than it should be.

I personally think its a disgrace that Aussies with expired visas and no home cannot return home - but some people just don't care - and that is a huge problem in our country.

The Cth and states have said Aussies can come home, caps lifted, but they will need to do home Q.

Now people are complaining they have to do home Q?

I don't see how this process could have been any faster. In just three months we have gone from travel looking like it won't commence until 2022, to being up and started before Christmas.

 

[justinbrett]

Just announced the outwards travel ban is being lifted in November and details for international travel arrangements will be announced today.

 

[antycbr]

Just announced the outwards travel ban is being lifted in November and details for international travel arrangements will be announced today.

I wonder if it’s a “conversation” at National Cabinet or if the premiers are being “informed”…

 

[Astro]

I wonder if it’s a “conversation” at National Cabinet or if the premiers are being “informed”…

Sounds like it's a done deal. It's being announced today - after national cabinet. It will come down to how the states treat the arrivals now.

 

[MARTINE]

I wonder if it’s a “conversation” at National Cabinet or if the premiers are being “informed”…

Can’t get my heart rate up about these announcements as too many false dawns (plus I live in the land down under ie Melbourne leper colony)….. not until the FA on SQJ asks DrMARTINE what would you like to drink before take off , hands me a warm towel and hot nuts will I believe it

 

[Pushka]

I wonder if it’s a “conversation” at National Cabinet or if the premiers are being “informed”…

The outward bound issue is under the control of the Federal Government.

 

[MARTINE]

The outward bound issue is under the control of the Federal Government.

… if there’s one thing I have learned in this pandemic it’s that the word ‘control’ needs to be updated in the Oxford dictionary as it bears no resemblance to what it did..you can leave (hopefully come back)…..it’s the reverse of lyrics to Hotel California where ‘you can check out any time you want but never leave’

 

[justinbrett]

The media wording is the federal government will open up the framework and it's up to the states for when & how they implement.

Only way you're going to get it through.

 

[antycbr]

The outward bound issue is under the control of the Federal Government.

I’m aware of that. However some of our premiers won’t take too kindly to it.

 

[Pushka]

I’m aware of that. However some of our premiers won’t take too kindly to it.

No they won't. But nothing they can do about it. Incoming is different. It will mean that travel insurance terms will change also and we can see what it will cover in future once travel is no longer banned.

 

[mviy]

It is great to see that the media is talking about travel being allowed from November:

EXCLUSIVE: International border bans for Aussies to be lifted in November

Australia has officially greenlit international travel today, bringing forward the plan to scrap the international border bans to November in states that hit vaccination targets.

www.news.com.au

 

[Pushka]

It is great to see that the media is talking about travel being allowed from November:

EXCLUSIVE: International border bans for Aussies to be lifted in November

Australia has officially greenlit international travel today, bringing forward the plan to scrap the international border bans to November in states that hit vaccination targets.

www.news.com.au

An interesting comment from NSW Premier there:
“I would be more than happy to welcome home Australians, fully vaccinated Australians will be able to quarantine at home in New South Wales. And obviously every other state premier will have their decisions around what they’ll do. We make sure they get safely on a flight back to their home state. What happens after that is a matter for their state premier.”

 

[MARTINE]

It is great to see that the media is talking about travel being allowed from November:

EXCLUSIVE: International border bans for Aussies to be lifted in November

Australia has officially greenlit international travel today, bringing forward the plan to scrap the international border bans to November in states that hit vaccination targets.

www.news.com.au

Maybe the feds can set up a decontamination tank at the airport before we hit state terrifory so the satisfaction of each state… it’s great we can start thinking about travel but we have to get to our home states with some certainty for planning on return. It’s a kinetic chain with many weak links. From where I sit Id be happy to do for a drive more Than 10k from home at this point…

 

[antycbr]

An interesting comment from NSW Premier there:
“I would be more than happy to welcome home Australians, fully vaccinated Australians will be able to quarantine at home in New South Wales. And obviously every other state premier will have their decisions around what they’ll do. We make sure they get safely on a flight back to their home state. What happens after that is a matter for their state premier.”

The people will start coming into places like BNE and PER in volume and could very well overrun the system in the other states. It's not like Queensland and WA haven't had breaches of their quarantine system.

Unless places like WA and Queensland plan to deny both domestic and international departures - requiring you to have an exit permit for that state. I don't think that is politically palatable and would invite yet another challenge from someone in the High Court.

 

[ayushamity]

Yeh National Cabinet on today and hope that Scomo provides enough information for airlines to release bookings.

I spoke to both Vietnam Airlines and Singapore Airlines yesterday and even though they are currently flying into Sydney every 2nd or 3rd day and can obviously extend that service into November, they said they are not releasing November bookings until they get the go ahead from the government.

 

[dajop]

Yeh National Cabinet on today and hope that Scomo provides enough information for airlines to release bookings.

I spoke to both Vietnam Airlines and Singapore Airlines yesterday and even though they are currently flying into Sydney every 2nd or 3rd day and can obviously extend that service into November, they said they are not releasing November bookings until they get the go ahead from the government.

SQ are currently flying into Sydney twice a day (not every 2nd or 3rd day), one of those flights taking passengers into SYD and the other is not (but it is when departing SYD). Of course they won’t open up seats for sale until the government policy is set in stone. They won’t act on a heads up given to the Murdoch press for publication before any official announcement.

 

[oznflfan]

SQ are currently flying into Sydney twice a day (not every 2nd or 3rd day), one of those flights taking passengers into SYD and the other is not (but it is when departing SYD). Of course they won’t open up seats for sale until the government policy is set in stone. They won’t act on a heads up given to the Murdoch press for publication before any official announcement.

News.com.au is one of the most shallow and dated news websites. Wouldn't put much emotion into that story. See what Scomo says this afternoon. Input from states on international return and quarantine everyone waiting on.

 

[justinbrett]

I wonder if they'll launch "red flights" to places like Brisbane and Adelaide for international connections from SYD/MEL.