Summer reading for Jan 7
NZers stuck in Australia unable to return home until May at the earliest after being locked out of MIQ; Fed minutes eye earlier rate hikes, which unnerves investors; Australian omicron mess worsens
TLDR: Aotearoa-NZ’s borders have effectively been tightened again as residents stuck in Australia were yesterday blocked from bidding for MIQ rooms in March and April, and MBIE announced there wouldn’t be more MIQ rooms available in Jan in Feb, citing the need to prepare for inevitable omicron outbreaks.
Meanwhile, Australia’s omicron situation worsened …
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