Announcement
03 Jul 2020
In July 2020, the Australian government increased the budget allocated to the International Freight Assistance Mechanism, a programme created to facilitate freight access to the local agricultural and fisheries sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source
Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
03 Jul 2020
Revocation date:
05 Oct 2020
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Announced: 12 Mar 2020
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