Australia will open its borders for international students and skilled migrants on Dec. 15 after putting the plans on hold for two-weeks due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The government had originally planned to open the international borders to this cohort on Dec. 15 but paused those plans while authorities analysed Omicron. “Obviously, National Cabinet will meet on Friday, but everything we’re seeing from this new variant points to the fact that we should be able to progress on the 15th,” Trade and Tourism Minister Dan Tehan told Sky News Australia. “Which is wonderful news for Australia’s tourism industry, wonderful news for universities, wonderful news for all those businesses looking for that workforce that’s really going to help springboard us out of the pandemic.” Tehan told an aviation conference on Wednesday that Chinese tourism—Australia’s largest market before the pandemic—was unlikely to revive for some time, while …