Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is in talks with the federal government to develop a new strategy to quarantine seasonal workers after months of rejecting previous proposals. “We are working very closely with the federal government on this matter, and I’ve been working with some inter-state colleagues as well, and we’ll have some announcements to make…
Victorian Premier in Talks with Commonwealth For New Seasonal Workers Strategy
Over 51,000 Victorians Leave NSW ‘Orange Zone’ After Long Wait
The Victorian government lowered the CCP virus risk status of New South Wales to orange allowing tens of thousands of stranded people to travel home for this first time since New Years Day. Over 51,000 Victorians were granted permits on Monday but only after waiting for almost three hours because of “technical matters” on the…
Victoria Aims to Step Up Hotel Quarantine Program
The Victorian government will bolster its hotel quarantine program with the addition of more hotels and a senior manager as it prepares to facilitate more overseas travellers. The move comes after the Victorian government initiated new quarantine measures for flight crews, and interstate returnees who are returning from COVID-19 hotspots in Australia. Currently, the hotel quarantine program,…
96 Victorians Quarantined at Home After Arriving From Locked-Down Brisbane
Around 100 people arrived in Victoria on Saturday from Brisbane after the Queensland government suddenly imposed a three-day lockdown announced Friday to contain the risk of spreading a highly-infectious UK variant of COVID-19. It comes as the Victorian government told those in locked-down Greater Brisbane to stay where they are on Friday, while those who had…
Andrews Hints NSW-Victoria Border May Open Next Week
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has hinted that falling COVID-19 cases may see border restrictions with New South Wales begin to ease next week allowing thousands of stranded people to return home. Andrews said a recent mystery case in Victoria and cross-state vacations had prevented borders opening up sooner. “[I]f it weren’t for that case then…
Victorians with Medical Issues To Get Priority as Thousands Wait to Cross NSW Border
As thousands of Victorians scramble for exemptions to return home from New South Wales, the state’s COVID-19 Response Commander Jeroen Weimar has said people with “genuine hardship reasons” will be given priority. “People who have urgent medical reasons, urgent medical appointments will get an exemption absolutely, and that’s done very very quickly,” he said at…
New COVID-19 Restrictions for Queensland Returnees
People who have travelled to Victoria will be restricted from visiting facilities like aged care homes, as Queensland records zero new cases of COVID-19. Anyone who has travelled to Victoria, which has a new coronavirus cluster, in the past two weeks has been banned from visiting Queensland’s aged care facilities and hospitals. The new restriction…
Health Minister Hunt Praises NSW, Victoria Over Virus Outbreak Response
The federal government has applauded New South Wales and Victoria’s responses to fresh COVID-19 outbreaks while urging Victoria to allow its residents back home. The recent outbreaks in NSW could have been on a “vastly larger scale” than the disastrous second wave in Victoria, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday, describing advice from…
Travel Disrupted as States Tighten Border Restrictions
Holiday travel plans across the country continue to be thwarted as states and territories tighten their borders to prevent coronavirus seeping in from New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Capital Territory has shut out non-residents who have been in NSW’s northern beaches, greater Sydney, Wollongong and parts of the central coast unless they have…
NSW Effort to Stem Western Sydney Virus Spread
New South Wales (NSW) contact tracers are racing to contain coronavirus spread after three cases were recorded linked to western Sydney. Two cases—a man in his 40s and a man in his 20s—are under investigation after 32,000 people came forward for testing in the 24 hours to 8 p.m. on Thursday. The third case, a…
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