Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'll ask the Deputy Prime Minister to add to the answer. The government wants to see two viable airlines in Australia serving the Australian travelling public. We have taken a very consistent approach which has seen, through administration, the identification of very serious proposals that have come forward that will enable that to become possible. We will continue to engage with the administrator, throughout the course of their coverage of these issues, to achieve those ends.

But I would say one thing in particular right now, if we're concerned about Virgin employees, and that is that it is very important that we open up the domestic borders in this country. We need to get planes flying around Australia, and, if you want to see planes flying around Australia, we need to open up these domestic borders.

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