Ek will carry on cargo flights but the passenger cap is the problem.
“Under the new rules, New South Wales will move to a weekly cap of about 1,500 people, Western Australia and Queensland 500.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-...sbane/13063572
EK would like to fly more pax but its just not viable due to restrictions applied by different state politics with each state premier trying to out do his neighboring premiers! So probably easier just to stop pax flights until it all calms down!