Australians who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could be allowed to travel overseas next year.
The National Cabinet is considering a proposal to grant exemptions to those who have had both doses of the vaccine.
"Where there are outbreaks or issues relating to state borders, there is the potential for those who have been fully vaccinated to be exempt from some of those restrictions," says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.
Hunt says the Government will soon release a "road map" for reopening international borders.
"It's about a progressive opening and I think that's very important for hope and understanding in Australia."
Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns it's not quite safe to reopen borders "right now", but says they're "working on" it.
"Now those border arrangements, it's not one day the borders are open, one day the borders are closed. That's not how it works," he tells reporters.
"There's a sliding sort of scale here. And we're working on the next steps. Now, it's not safe to take those steps right now. It's not. But we'll keep working on what those next steps are."
But NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Australians shouldn't "have those conversations" until around 80 percent of citizens are fully vaccinated.
"Certainly in New South Wales, we know that we need to do at least around 10 million jabs to get the majority of the population vaccinated," Berejiklian says.
"We have around 6 million adults and you'd think at least 5 million should be vaccinated before you can have those conversations."
