DPA
Sydney
A third Australian state has joined the country’s one-way travel bubble with New Zealand, as South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said the state would allow passengers to arrive without needing to quarantine from midnight on Tuesday.
On Friday Australia began welcoming passengers from New Zealand via Sydney in the state of New South Wales, with the Northern Territory also included in the bubble.
But other state and federal governments were seemingly caught off-guard when some of the travellers broke rules to fly to cities outside of the bubble including 12 to the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
South Australia initially insisted the 12 would have
to go into two weeks of quarantine, as all international arrivals do as well as and those from some other Australian states.
South Australia reversed its position Tuesday, saying the 12 could leave quarantine and the state would "be happy to accommodate” more "direct” flights from New Zealand, Stevens said.
In a quirk of quarantine rules, New Zealanders are now allowed to enter the state quarantine-free, while other Australians are barred from doing so.
Victoria, which is under strict lockdown to beat a second wave of the pandemic found 65 New Zealanders had caught connecting flights to Melbourne despite a ban on the city accepting international travellers. They do not have to quarantine.
Tasmania has put six New Zealand arrivals in quarantine and Western Australia has 25 in quarantine.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said the country will only open up to quarantine free arrivals from Australia when it is safe to do so.
Sydney
A third Australian state has joined the country’s one-way travel bubble with New Zealand, as South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said the state would allow passengers to arrive without needing to quarantine from midnight on Tuesday.
On Friday Australia began welcoming passengers from New Zealand via Sydney in the state of New South Wales, with the Northern Territory also included in the bubble.
But other state and federal governments were seemingly caught off-guard when some of the travellers broke rules to fly to cities outside of the bubble including 12 to the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
South Australia initially insisted the 12 would have
to go into two weeks of quarantine, as all international arrivals do as well as and those from some other Australian states.
South Australia reversed its position Tuesday, saying the 12 could leave quarantine and the state would "be happy to accommodate” more "direct” flights from New Zealand, Stevens said.
In a quirk of quarantine rules, New Zealanders are now allowed to enter the state quarantine-free, while other Australians are barred from doing so.
Victoria, which is under strict lockdown to beat a second wave of the pandemic found 65 New Zealanders had caught connecting flights to Melbourne despite a ban on the city accepting international travellers. They do not have to quarantine.
Tasmania has put six New Zealand arrivals in quarantine and Western Australia has 25 in quarantine.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said the country will only open up to quarantine free arrivals from Australia when it is safe to do so.