Covid-19 State border update 02/12/20. (Please note this information changes rapidly and we will keep this as up to date as possible)
Hi all,
Please find below an update on the current border restrictions with changes effective from 1st of December.
Although most state border entry requirements have started to ease, it’s still important to ensure you continue to reduce the risks of COVID-19 within your business and the industry.
It’s important drivers still carry;
* Company or business’s COVID-19 Safety Plan
* Close contact register
* PPE – such as masks, gloves and hand sanitiser and use where appropriate
* Valid border entry pass, where applicable
❗❗ For anyone who has been in SA in the past 14 days, we would encourage you check the current list of SA hotspots to ensure you have not been to an affected area. ❗❗
VIC
YES – if anytime spent in SA in the previous 14 days
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/information-people-travelling-sa-vic-covid-19
If you have been in SA in the previous 14 days before entering VIC you must have a border pass.
If you have been in an area of concern or red zone, you cannot enter VIC and must isolate in SA for 14 days.
NSW
YES – if anytime spent in SA in the previous 14 days
https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/complete-nsw-entry-declaration-form
If you have been in SA in the previous 14 days before entering NSW you must have a entry declaration.
If you have been in an area of concern, you cannot enter NSW and must isolate in SA for 14 days.
QLD
YES – if anytime spent in SA in the previous 14 days
https://www.qld.gov.au/border-pass
From 1am December 1st, QLD will open it’s borders to VIC and Greater SYD. This means you are only required to have a valid border entry pass if you have been to a COVID hotspot in SA in the proceeding 14 days.
SA
Yes for all Transport and Freight operators
https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/restrictions-and-responsibilities/travel-restrictions
From December 1st , SA have now opened the border to VIC. Cross border permits are still required to gain entry to SA. Current border permits are a still valid until their current expiry date.
NT
YES for all Transport and Freight operators
NT have remained unchanged.
You are required to complete an online COVID-19 Freight Risk Mitigation Management Plan and then complete a border pass.
A COVID-19 test or evidence of, is still required as a condition of entry.
WA
YES for all Transport and Freight operators
WA have remained unchanged. A G2G pass is still required.
Although it’s been announced their borders will open to VIC and NSW on December 8th, their website still currently states a COVID-19 test or evidence of, is still required as a condition of entry for all transport and freight operators.
TAS
YES for all Transport and Freight operators
https://www.g2gpass.com.au/- For those coming from a declared hotspot
https://arrivals.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx - For all other travellers
Whilst TAS has opened it’s borders to all states apart from SA you are still required to register your travel plans with TAS. Depending on where you have been in the previous 14 days, will depend on what you need to enter TAS.
Travellers may be health screened on arrival.
ACT
YES – if anytime spent in SA in the previous 14 days
https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/community/travel/south-australia-sa#Travelling-from-the-ACT-to-SA
No restrictions to enter ACT from any state except SA. All travellers from SA or have been in SA before entering ACT, must submit a border declaration to be eligible to enter.
Mass Management Team