Australian state border restrictions

[oz_mark]

Any setting apart from Very Low Risk (the only one with no isolation required) takes WA off the travel options for most.

WAS clearly doesn't have any faith in their hospital system to cope with even 1 case.

Tasmanians are welcome in WA.

And the state of the WA hospital system is well known.

 

[TouchYourFace]

Tasmanians are welcome in WA.

Wait a while...

 

[Lynda2475]

Tasmanians are welcome in WA.

For now, and entirely consistent with my point that only someone in a Very Low Risk jurisdiction (so only Tas) would contemplate leisure travel to WA, as all the other classifications require 14 days of iso which is longer than most trips to WA so not worth the trouble.

 

[jase05]

WA setting NSW back to extreme risk from 18 Dec.

Also halving their weekly arrival cap

 

[Lynda2475]

Also halving their weekly arrival cap

Are many even still choosing to fly into PER and do 14 days HQ when they can fly into MEL or SYD with no caps and do 72 hours of self iso in a place of their choosing?

 

[Lynda2475]

There is now a petition for a test site in Port Douglas if anyone else wants to sign:

Demand intensifies for Port Douglas testing site

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[TouchYourFace]

Are many even still choosing to fly into PER and do 14 days HQ when they can fly into MEL or SYD with no caps and do 72 days of self iso in a place of their choosing?

Well, if WA's your final destination...

72 days seems a little extreme, but that might be WA's next step up.

 

[N860CR]

I’ve come up to cairns for a meeting. I don’t think I’ve been here for maybe 10 years. From what I remember, it was a fairly happening place. I had lunch alone by the waterfront this afternoon (and by alone, I mean I was the only person in the restaurant) and am currently enjoying a happy hour beer with one other man who looks like an equally sad businessperson. I really feel for the operators here

 

[PineappleSkip]

There is now a petition for a test site in Port Douglas if anyone else wants to sign:

yikes!…

Mossman Hospital closure​

Mossman Hospital will be closed for Covid testing from 21 December to 5 January inclusive and unless Port Douglas secures a testing site, there will be no Covid testing in the Douglas Shire during that period.

reasonable excuse for all…

 

[Must...Fly!]

And people really believe the government is doing their best with piece of information like that.

 

[Lynda2475]

reasonable excuse for all

Yep cause next nearest location is over 60kms away!

But travel testing aside, what happens if someone genuinely has symptoms? Awful for locals not to be abel to get tested even if they can drive 25kms.

 

[jakeseven7]

Tasmanians are welcome in WA.
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Lol for like a few more days. It won’t be too long before WA is locked out from the rest of Australia.

 

[justinbrett]

So just applied for and received my QLD border pass (thanks to getting my PCR test result this afternoon - not bad, about 26 hours).

On the border pass, it says:

Day 5 COVID-19 PCR Testing Requirement
You must provide this Queensland Border Declaration Pass to a health worker when you present to the testing centre for your
COVID-19 PCR test 5 days after arrival. This allows you to be tested without the requirement for a GP referral. If you do not present
with the pass you will need to attend your closest public hospital fever clinic, where a pass is not required.

I wonder if they're going to try to mark you off as having been tested against your border pass so they can audit?

Also - why the hell is any state requiring GP referral for testing this far into a pandemic? Surely the GPs have better things to be doing.

 

[oz_mark]

Lol for like a few more days. It won’t be too long before WA is locked out from the rest of Australia.

Which is going to make February 5 an interesting day, when all states go from danger!, danger!, to safe....

 

[RooFlyer]

Lol for like a few more days. It won’t be too long before WA is locked out from the rest of Australia.

Reminds me of the headline in an English paper when fog in the Channel stopped the pre-Chunnel ferry service.

Fog in Channel - Continent isolated!

Unfortunately I now find that to be an urban myth, but I'm sure the WA News can come up with something like:


Tasmania the last to be banned - all of Australia now isolated!

 

[PineappleSkip]

Also - why the hell is any state requiring GP referral for testing this far into a pandemic? Surely the GPs have better things to be doing.

I don’t think that is a real thing in reality and if it’s demanded its the pathology demanding it. My local QML hole in the wall (country town of 1,500) is in theory GP referral required for everything, but I’ve never had a practical problem getting a COVID swab there.

cheers skip

 

[jakeseven7]

Lots of posts on social media about the disastrous queues in SA for tests at the airport and suburbs as a part od their latest border restrictions rules - seems like SA Health was not ready for their own rules… sigh…

 

[jase05]

Lots of posts on social media about the disastrous queues in SA for tests at the airport and suburbs as a part od their latest border restrictions rules - seems like SA Health was not ready for their own rules… sigh…

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Nothing to do with the cricket though. The queues can be like that most days unfortunately

 

[MooTime]

And a 2 hour que...wowee.... Get over it bloody whingers. Stand there and stare at your phone for couple hours.
Typical social media, all blah blah.

 

[jakeseven7]

Nothing to do with the cricket though. The queues can be like that most days unfortunately

4 hour queues in the drive ins to get a test is normal in Adelaide? Wow they have you guys beaten down well!