Industry groups are welcoming the Australian government’s new four-step COVID plan that is based around vaccination numbers but call the reduction on international arrival caps “one step backwards.” Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) welcomed the new plan but recommended that the “post-vaccination phase” be reached when all those who can and want to receive shots are vaccinated. “Very careful consideration needs to be given to setting the threshold of vaccination numbers that will open the way to further easing of restrictions,” Ai Group CEO Innes Willox said. He said setting fixed percentages carried the risk of failing to reach the target due to the portions of the population who rejected it. Willox also said he was disappointed in the new six-month restriction to reduce international arrivals by 50 percent. “That restriction must be very temporary and cannot be allowed to stay in place a moment longer than the Government deems necessary,” …