South Australia will reopen its borders to WA and the Northern Territory, but remains steadfast in maintaining restrictions to the ACT, despite Canberra Airport’s concerns.
SA Premier Steven Marshall made the announcement on Thursday after the state’s “Transition Committee” met to discuss the next steps forward. SA only recorded one case of COVID-19 overnight, who is currently in hotel quarantine.
“I can announce that for both Western Australia and Northern Territory, the border will be removed,” Premier Marshall said.
“The level six restrictions will be removed and we will go back to level three which will require testing on day one, day five and 13. From Sunday, we envisage that this will be removed completely and there will be no testing requirement.”
Restrictions to Queensland will remain for passengers arriving from Brisbane, Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, the Gold Coast, Logan, Redlands, the Lockyer Valley, the Scenic Rim and Somerset.
The rest of the state will be exempt.
Travellers coming from Townsville and the Big Red Bash at Birdsville will also be allowed in, but must meet testing requirements.
CEO of Canberra Airport, Stephen Byron, is considering suspending Adelaide to Canberra flights as a whole due to costs of empty flights, while the ACT remains isolated from SA.
“Indeed, in Queensland — and they’ve been one of the most conservative jurisdictions in the world throughout this crisis — they continue to have an open border with the ACT because they understand we are not part of Sydney,” Byron said.
“Canberra is not a suburb of Sydney and we have got a very distinct situation here, so, what we’re asking for is some certainty and for us that when there are no COVID cases the state border will not be closed.”
Yesterday, Byron called for the cancellation of flights between the ACT with both Adelaide and Perth, deeming closures with the state as “unlawful”.
「これらの政府は私たちの事業を閉鎖し、人々を失業させています、そしてその理由は合法的な理由はありません」と彼は言いました。
「まるで、マーク・マガワン首相とスティーブ・マーシャル首相が、キャンベラはシドニーの郊外だと思っているようです。それは恥ずかしいことです。」
However, Premier Marshall made it clear that despite the ACT’s stronghold on COVID-19 cases, its border near NSW is too “porous”.
「ACTとSAの間にある国境の制限を緩和したいのですが、デルタバリアントとそこでの懸念のため、今日はそれを行いませんが、それを注意深く監視します」と彼は言います。前記。
Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier said the ACT’s location near NSW is its sore spot, deeming the state too much of a risk.
「彼らが事件を起こしていないのは素晴らしいことだと思いますが、残念ながらニューサウスウェールズ州内に地理的に配置されているため、これらXNUMXつの地域は両方とも大都市であり、明らかに多くの交通量があります。出張や、これらXNUMXつのサイト間の学生旅行についても説明します」と彼女は言います。
PlatoAi。 Web3の再考。 増幅されたデータインテリジェンス。
Source: https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/07/sa-relaxes-border-closures-but-excludes-act-nsw/
