The resource guys (especially BHP) are starting to mandate that if FIFO to a facility in state X you must reside in state X, so the end of interstate & international FIFO
, so that is a permanent hit to RPT which won't come back. Okay maybe only a very small % of pre-Covid loads, but it all adds up & much more impact in a smaller post Covid environment
That will never happen long term. No mining company will ever lock itself into a state based labour force. They hire labour from all over Australia and the world to keep the price of the labour down. They will never as a long term strategy insist that the labour has to live in one location. That is just asking for wage inflation. As soon as borders are open and we have something resembling interstate RPT FIFO will be back.