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Australia reopens to visa holders as swathe of restrictions ease
There’s a lot to absorb from today’s influx of changes across the country. We’ve tuned into each Premier’s press conference so you don’t have to.
Tourism
“We will live with COVID – but on our terms”: Queensland border opens as WA tightens restrictions
Palaszczuk has flung open QLD’s domestic border, meaning travellers from Victoria and NSW can finally visit the Big Pineapple for the first time in five months.
Tourism
Queensland to reopen to all of Australia from Monday
Palaszczuk finally announces the date Queensland borders will reopen for fully vaccinated travellers from interstate hotspots, and what changes they can expect.
Destinations
NT bans unvaccinated arrivals, as Queenslanders cancel Christmas flights
The Northern Territory has bolstered its border restrictions, including a ban on unvaccinated arrivals, in a bid to stop the hairy COVID situation getting even hairier.
Hotels
Major QLD hotels will ban unvaccinated guests to avoid risky restriction loophole
According to some of the state’s hoteliers, new restrictions will not only be “impossible” to police, but they will also put guests at risk.
Destinations
NSW to give fully-vaxxed people new freedoms early, postpones eased restrictions for those yet to get the jab
The state is set to bring forward new freedoms for double-jabbed people by three weeks in response to its speedy vaccination efforts.