So, regardless of vaccine supply, it seems the phases that Morrison announced (and I notice theirs no dates to them) aligns pretty well with our strategy which is good for the A-League. One country may end up being a month ahead of the other, but it's going to be pretty minor (unless you get France levels of antivax or Pfizer has a setback in their timeframes - and they've been reliable so far).
But, we're looking at these vaccination rates and the opening of borders at around the new year - there is a bit of risk to the trans-tasman bubble and an October start with these more transmittable variants and anticipated vaccination rates at that period.
The other issue will be if Australia opens their borders earlier than us, for instance they're talking about going back to a trust based self isolation system for low risk cases, which may contradict what we're doing. Although, now that the trans-tasman bubble is open, our government has been relatively accepting of risk and committed to keeping it open longer than most of the public would feel comfortable, and opening it earlier. Which you have to do as business needs to trust it.
But, we're looking at these vaccination rates and the opening of borders at around the new year - there is a bit of risk to the trans-tasman bubble and an October start with these more transmittable variants and anticipated vaccination rates at that period.
The other issue will be if Australia opens their borders earlier than us, for instance they're talking about going back to a trust based self isolation system for low risk cases, which may contradict what we're doing. Although, now that the trans-tasman bubble is open, our government has been relatively accepting of risk and committed to keeping it open longer than most of the public would feel comfortable, and opening it earlier. Which you have to do as business needs to trust it.