BREAKING: Travellers from NSW will need at least one jab to enter WA
Western Australian premier Mark McGowan has announced that from Tuesday the 17th of August, all travellers from New South Wales will be designated ‘high risk’ and require strict health checks to enter the state.
These include:
- A negative Covid test.
- Proof of at least one dose of an approved Covid vaccine.
- Use of the G2G Now app.
This will be the first time in Australian history that travel between Australia’s federated states has been subject to mandatory vaccination.
This means approved travellers from NSW will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, prove they have one vaccination dose and they have to use the G2G Now app.
— 10 News First Perth (@10NewsFirstPER) August 13, 2021
When questioned, McGowan said that he hoped it would provide a template for other states to protect themselves against the ‘raging outbreak’ in New South Wales.
The G2G Now app is used by police to protect the community by ‘conducting remote checks on people in quarantine’. According to the official government website, the app uses facial recognition software and phone location data to ensure that people are remaining inside their quarantine.
This is our WA COVID-19 update for Thursday, 12 August 2021.
— Mark McGowan (@MarkMcGowanMP) August 12, 2021
For official information on COVID-19 in WA, visit https://t.co/qA5jY6mVkvhttps://t.co/i8OJXgHFxo pic.twitter.com/v6c6ydQDjf
Western Australia is the most isolated major city in the world. With deserts separating it from its fellow Australian cities, McGowan does not have to account for the same level of interstate movement as premiers in the Eastern states.
It has not yet been decided what will happen to long-haul truck drivers moving goods between ‘extreme risk’ jurisdictions. That will be the topic of National Cabinet meetings today.
Compassionate travel exemptions for those seeking to travel from New South Wales back to Western Australia will be ‘offered a pathway to return’ if they have ‘roots’ in Western Australia and a ‘legitimate right to return’.
Australia is a federated nation of states. Prohibiting Australian citizens from travelling between states will no doubt become a topic in the courts, as individuals challenge the legality of these restrictions.
The High Court has previously ruled that temporary border closures between states are allowed under the Biosecurity Act, but not permanent impediments to the free travel of citizens guaranteed by section 92 of the Constitution.
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