Tag: Covid-19 regulations

Western Australian Premier announces more relaxed regulations for travellers from Qld, but tighter curbs on ACT, NSW and Victoria remain.

Flights between Australia, London and Los Angeles will now start on 1 November, two weeks ahead of the scheduled reopening of air borders.

Royal Automobile Club survey finds people want to do more intrastate and interstate trips than they did before Covid.

Business body says the state needs a ‘circuit-breaker announcement’, not conflicting messages about a possible Christmas reopening.

Fines currently in place no longer reflect the significant social and economic impacts of a case of the virus spreading to the community.

Couples denied their dream white wedding by ongoing lockdown restrictions are being encouraged to elope instead.

Trans-Tasman Bubble deflated for at least the next eight weeks due to Kiwi concerns over Australia’s multiple Covid outbreaks.

Snap lockdown to last until Tuesday as authorities say this outbreak is moving more quickly than previously seen in Victoria.

Melbournites finally get a break as the State Government eases their restrictions to be in line with those of regional Victoria.

National business employer group warns of state and territory overreactions and cautions ‘This isn’t the gunfight at the OK Corral’.

Declaration triggers Federal assistance for Greater Sydney as more infections with the dangerous Delta variant are confirmed.

Quarantine-free travel arrangement between the countries comes a step closer as PM’s suggest a pilot scheme involving students.

Temporary ban on quarantine-free travel between the destinations was lifted from midnight after NSW detected no new Covid infections.

Snap Mother’s Day weekend restrictions announced by state Premier prompt a temporary halt to the Trans-Tasman Bubble.

Commission believes extreme sanctions against Aussies returning home from Covid-wracked India are “extraordinary” and may be discriminatory.

Human error at Brisbane Airport sees two passengers from high-risk PNG allowed to mix with low-risk NZ-bound travellers. One is now positive.

Flu infections have been running at about one percent of the normal rate and going to work with flu may be gone forever, experts predict.

Many migrant families who were split up when New Zealand sealed its borders due to Covid will now have the opportunity to be reunited.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern confirms the quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opens on 19 April.

UK residents still can’t leave their island to go on holiday. But tourism-dependent countries are lining up to tell them they’ll be welcome.

But it has tightened its entry requirements, with new arrivals from Victoria required to self-isolate at home for five days.

Rising infections from quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport worry SA health authorities, who have banned travellers from the Victorian capital.

Rita Ora’s hotel quarantine ahead of her involvement in The Voice is unfair to the nearly 40,000 Aussies still stranded overseas, says Labor.

Border Force is cancelling visas and removing foreign nationals from the country for serious breaches of Covid-19 regulations.

Personnel are to enter Australia as part of training activities with the Defence College, but will have their own quarantine arrangements.

Two people ran away from authorised officers when they were told they had to quarantine for 14 days and escaped in a waiting vehicle.

Bride and 20 of her guests will have to cough up $1,000 each for not adhering to lockdown regulations governing Sydney’s northern beaches.

Premier says state needs an urgent ‘circuit-breaker’ to prevent a second-wave virus outbreak similar to Victoria.

NSW inspectors are blitzing city entertainment venues and finding numerous coronavirus-related safety breaches. Multiple fines issued.

Crews from Eastern Europe have been given special entry exemptions in an effort to keep the NZ fishing industry afloat.

Most restrictions end at midnight tonight. But masks stay indefinitely and the regional Victoria-city border stays until 8 November.

Whether celebrating or drowning their sorrows after the game, fans will be under surveillance to ensure virus restrictions aren’t ignored.

Sector that supported around 112 000 full-time jobs last year will only support 43 000 by December, industry report suggests.

Second group of seasonal workers from the Pacific island arrived in the NT yesterday as government continues easing entry restrictions.

Wallabies arrive this weekend to begin their 14-day isolation. International cricket and netball also on the cards.

Country’s fishing industry welcomes decision to allow entry to crews from Russia and Ukraine. Says it will save sector from disaster.

New virus restrictions in Britain have again left some consumers worried that store shelves might be emptied. Retailers say don’t panic.

Premier says decision is based on medical advice, but strong economic benefits will also be very welcome.

Balmain hotel closed for a week and given heavy fines for multiple breaches of coronavirus health regulations.

Rate of contraction of the economy and jobs lost show that WA is faring better than most states, says state’s Treasurer.

Farmers are destroying their own crops as lack of backpackers and foreign seasonal workers leaves fruit unpicked.

Decision to reopen Melbourne retailing in only seven weeks’ time will be a death sentence for many stores.

Senior banking sector official tells MPs it’s impossible to expect large numbers of people to return to their offices soon.

Proposed September reopening of the island to foreign visitors has now been postponed to sometime in 2021.

Driver was determined to make it to the ACT and sped away from a police escort on a 200km dash for freedom.

The pair, aged 19 and 22, allegedly sneaked out to attend a party in contravention of WA’s isolation regulations.

Fine of $10 000 for ‘complete disregard’ of required measures, says NSW Liquor and Gaming Authority.

Existing lockdown measures were not proving successful so Premier moves to up the ante with yet tougher regulations.

Queensland’s Chief Medical Officer has reintroduced the ‘no standing’ rule in pubs and other licenced premises.