New Zealand's Government agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia by the end of March. OPINION: The odds of a potential trans-Tasman travel bubble by the end of March could be deflating, if the prime minister’s countenance during Tuesday’s post-Cabinet press conference is anything to go by. The underlying conditions that should make a bubble possible appear unchangedBut there clearly now a trust deficit, at least at Ardern’s end, over how the Australian Government handled its shutdown in January. Ardern now appears to not have an awful lot of faith in what Australia might do next. And the constant question of when and where a trans-Tasman bubble might happen – and any suggestion the Government is on a go slow – clearly irks Ardern.

Source: Stuff February 09, 2021 07:30 UTC