The Australian government is providing AUD 110 million ($67.24m) to help companies with air freight after the dive in passenger flights in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, a move welcomed by the country’s largest rock lobster supplier.

Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative (GFC) -- Western Australia’s largest exporter of rock lobster -- and other industry players will use funding under the package to assist with the “significant cost” of chartering a weekly flight to China, said GFC [...]