15 Oct 2021

NSW to reopen border for visitors, but PM says otherwise

From Checkpoint, 5:19 pm on 15 October 2021

New South Wales' new Premier says the state will soon do away with hotel quarantine.

From the November 1, fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed in without having to isolate in a hotel or at home, Dominic Perrottet revealed on Friday. 

But a few hours later at the Australian Prime Minister's media conference, Scott Morrison poured water on the plan, saying only Australian citizens, residents and their immediate families will be able to enter New South Wales without quarantining. 

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.