TASMANIAN Premier Peter Gutwein has announced plans to implement “safe travel bubbles” with South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, effective from 07 Aug.
Additional safety measures will be implemented at the state’s sea and air ports, including a mandatory health check for every passenger and requirements for arrivals to detail where they had been in the prior 14 days.
Refusal to take a test will result in mandatory hotel quarantine or repatriation on the next flight.
The trans-Tasman TT-Line ferry will continue to operate under current arrangements, with only passengers who have a Tasmanian address, are an essential traveller or are visitors from WA, SA or the NT.
Mandatory testing will also be introduced from 31 Jul for essential workers who have been through a designated hot spot in NSW or are from anywhere in Vic.
Also from 31 Jul, where hotel quarantine is required, travellers will be charged $2,800 except in cases of extreme hardship.
Gutwein promised to provide an update on 07 Aug on possible timeframes and dates to relax restrictions with Qld, NSW and the ACT, based on public health advice and the situation in those states and territories.
“However to be clear we will not be open to them before the 14th of Aug,” he added.
“Creating safe travel bubbles with states who are in as good a place as Tasmania will no doubt be welcome news as a safe first step for our tourism and hospitality sector,” he said.
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