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Monday, 20 April 2020

Australia coronavirus live: Virgin tells ASX it is going into administration as NSW announces staggered return to school – latest updates

As Australia’s infection rate falls, state and federal leaders will discuss lifting ban on elective surgery at meeting on Tuesday. Follow all the latest news, live

As my colleague Daniel Hurst mentioned earlier the unions have been calling on the Morrison government to step in a save Virgin Australia.

This is the message from Australian Unions this morning:

The Morrison Government has the power to #SaveVirgin. They can choose to save the jobs of 16,000 Virgin Australia workers, or they can choose to abandon all these workers and hand Qantas a monopoly. #SaveAviation #DontClipOurWings #ausunions @sallymcmanus #qanda pic.twitter.com/jHkBEKDXwS

Australian Tourism Industry Council executive director Simon Westaway says the collapse into administration of Virgin Australia “represents a further significant challenge for Australian tourism facing off against the already massive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and previously the summer bushfire crisis”.

“This is also a historic but also difficult moment for Australian aviation and for thousands of airline personnel and many associated businesses that will be severely impacted. Those obviously also include in tourism.

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