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So, there are now multiple domestic quarantines and travel restrictions in Australia. All attention is on Tasmania this morning, as it should be; Norfolk Island was first a couple of days ago, followed by Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Given how many cases are in Sydney and how few are down here in the Illawarra, I'm waiting for border posts to go up in the Royal National Park any day now.
Australian domestic quarantine watch: WA has quarantined its remote Indigenous communities. State border still open.
Meanwhile, Bob Katter is calling for North Queensland to close its border. What border? Well, if the separation movement had succeeded yet, there might be one!
Meanwhile, Bob Katter is calling for North Queensland to close its border. What border? Well, if the separation movement had succeeded yet, there might be one!
Looks like this afternoon's federal announcement extends the quarantine to all remote Indigenous communities. Travel in and out only for essential purposes. I'd missed that some SA/NT communities had taken similar steps as early as 6 March: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/remote-top-end-communities-closed-off-coronavirus/12057006
We've got our first state/territory border closure on the mainland, and it's not the WA one that people kept expecting/joking about. It's QLD/NT: https://twitter.com/JoshBavas/status/1240875029623009282
The latest from Tasmania's Bass Strait islands: Flinders Island airport is now closed to all but essential flights, from anywhere including mainland Tasmania. https://twitter.com/manjusrii/status/1241204954796183552
The Northern Territory has now implemented a similar quarantine to Tasmania. A subsequent tweet explains this also applies to people returning to remote communities from elsewhere within NT: https://twitter.com/justintfenwick/status/1241238120172908544
As of 5am this morning, Lord Howe Island, part of NSW 600km east of the mainland, is quarantined. Non-residents are only permitted to leave, not arrive, with narrow exceptions. https://twitter.com/ncasmirri/status/1241537248161460226
Biggest domestic quarantine so far! SA and NT have also made part of WA's decision for it: crossing the land border to the east now means quarantine no matter where you do it. https://twitter.com/ElspethHussey7/status/1241546921988124673
The domestic quarantines just keep coming. Here's the one everyone anticipated: WA. Effective at 1:30pm on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/perthnow/status/1241593941696405506
Meanwhile, the ACT says it *cannot* close its border but chief minister Andrew Barr urges against all non-essential travel. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/22/coronavirus-updates-live-australia-nsw-victoria-qld-tasmania-cases-government-stimulus-latest-update-news?page=with:block-5e76d2868f08e0999e6b7db1#block-5e76d2868f08e0999e6b7db1
Queensland is the next state to jump. Still awaiting details.
This leaves VIC with no quarantine, NSW with no quarantine except for Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, and the ACT says it cannot but has urged against all non-essential travel. https://twitter.com/AnnastaciaMP/status/1241917471881224192
This leaves VIC with no quarantine, NSW with no quarantine except for Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, and the ACT says it cannot but has urged against all non-essential travel. https://twitter.com/AnnastaciaMP/status/1241917471881224192
Here we go: Queensland will close to non-essential visitors as of midnight Wednesday. Same 14-day quarantine as imposed elsewhere.
Everybody awaits what they will do in Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, where the border literally runs down the middle of roads. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/23/australia-coronavirus-updates-live-pubs-closed-but-schools-open-after-national-cabinet-meeting-latest?page=with:block-5e7839b98f08a08573fbf924#block-5e7839b98f08a08573fbf924
Everybody awaits what they will do in Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, where the border literally runs down the middle of roads. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/23/australia-coronavirus-updates-live-pubs-closed-but-schools-open-after-national-cabinet-meeting-latest?page=with:block-5e7839b98f08a08573fbf924#block-5e7839b98f08a08573fbf924
There are also quarantines within Far North QLD. Police have implemented roadblocks to stop non-essential travel to Cape York and the Torres Strait Islands, which have no cases yet: https://www.tropicnow.com.au/2020/march/22/cape-york-in-lockdown-due-to-coronavirus-fears.html
And the local councils approved this: http://www.torres.qld.gov.au/documents/17442/fa4202f7-6eb7-438a-a91
And the local councils approved this: http://www.torres.qld.gov.au/documents/17442/fa4202f7-6eb7-438a-a91
This appears to predate the federal announcement to quarantine all remote communities. Palm Island definitely did: https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/palm-island-restricts-travel-to-protect-residents-from-coronavirus/news-story/2db692feffcdac0d03a73815b3b59cc0
Likewise, the Tiwi Islands barred non-essential travel related to the footy grand final before the general ban: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/tiwi-islands-grand-final-to-go-ahead-but-coronavirus-restrictions-limit-fans
Likewise, the Tiwi Islands barred non-essential travel related to the footy grand final before the general ban: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/tiwi-islands-grand-final-to-go-ahead-but-coronavirus-restrictions-limit-fans
Tasmania's border restrictions have tightened. If you are neither Tasmanian nor travelling for essential reasons, you don't get to quarantine for 14 days. You will be *turned back*. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/24/coronavirus-australia-national-cabinet-to-consider-lockdowns-of-covid-19-hotspots-live-updates?page=with:block-5e7936748f0887f6e2b5c42a#block-5e7936748f0887f6e2b5c42a
More details coming out about Queensland's border restrictions. Yes, they really are cutting off Coolangatta from Tweed—but there will be special dispensation for people who work on one side of the border and live on the other to cross. https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/how-queenslands-coronavirus-border-lockdown-will-work/news-story/ed09a99996f437158c3f452ac10d9bd7
SA and WA are both now CLOOOOSED, to each other and the rest of the country.
I also, uh, might be trying to convert this thread into an article. Might as well make this collation of quarantines worthwhile. https://twitter.com/gabby_marchant/status/1242323209145335808
I also, uh, might be trying to convert this thread into an article. Might as well make this collation of quarantines worthwhile. https://twitter.com/gabby_marchant/status/1242323209145335808
Everybody is focused on Queensland's quarantine starting at midnight tonight, but there is already an internal quarantine in Far North QLD: Cape York & Torres Strait have been quarantined since 5pm Sunday, with entry permits required from 5pm today. http://www.cook.qld.gov.au/coronavirus/coronavirus-latest-news
Here we go, another domestic quarantine: northern WA. In terms of quarantines *within* states, it joins Cape York/Torres Strait in QLD, Lord Howe Island in NSW, and numerous remote Indigenous communities nationwide, some noted above (h/t @AngryWagtails). https://twitter.com/ErinParke2/status/1242983680835907589
Noises getting louder from North Queensland about quarantining that portion of the state from the rest of Queensland. Note that Matt Canavan back in 2016 remarked (as minister for Northern Australia) that he believes North QLD statehood is inevitable. https://twitter.com/TJ__OBrien/status/1243059210813714434
A whole network of intrastate quarantines is coming next week in WA: https://twitter.com/kagij/status/1243395518606086149
WA is getting even more serious about shutting its border. So far the quarantines of remote Indigenous communities and of islands have been fairly tight, but not of mainland state borders. That looks set to change. https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1244518148868435968
If you arrive from overseas, the government is covering the costs of forced quarantine.
If you try to enter the Northern Territory after this coming Friday night? That'll be a cool $2.5k out of your pocket. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-30/nt-arrivals-face-bill-for-coronavirus-hotel-quarantine/12102406
If you try to enter the Northern Territory after this coming Friday night? That'll be a cool $2.5k out of your pocket. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-30/nt-arrivals-face-bill-for-coronavirus-hotel-quarantine/12102406
Not only is WA going ahead with a hard(er) border after 11:59pm Sunday, it is also tightening the internal quarantines. The positive tests in the Kimberley mean people there will be unable to leave their local govt area after 11:59pm tonight. https://thewest.com.au/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-crisis-premier-mark-mcgowan-announces-hard-border-closure-for-wa-ng-b881508092z
QLD's enforcing a harder border from 12:01am tomorrow too.
It has fewer internal quarantines than WA: Cape York/Torres Strait, Palm Island, Mornington Island, a few other remote Aboriginal communities. Bob Katter continues to huff and puff about Nth QLD. http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2020/4/1/stronger-border-controls-imminent
It has fewer internal quarantines than WA: Cape York/Torres Strait, Palm Island, Mornington Island, a few other remote Aboriginal communities. Bob Katter continues to huff and puff about Nth QLD. http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2020/4/1/stronger-border-controls-imminent
South Australia might be about to tighten its border restrictions.
Just want to take this moment to thank @AngryWagtails, @OperationalInc1, and others who've notified me of border announcements. Yes, I'm writing up this thread as something more formal. https://twitter.com/PMalinauskasMP/status/1245865371069845504
Just want to take this moment to thank @AngryWagtails, @OperationalInc1, and others who've notified me of border announcements. Yes, I'm writing up this thread as something more formal. https://twitter.com/PMalinauskasMP/status/1245865371069845504
