Tag: International Travellers

Key Points:

  1. Victoria lifts travel restrictions on Western Australia
  2. Victoria reserves 120 seats for International Arrivals from May 2021
  3. Victoria renews plans to accept International Students

Victoria has made changes in travel rules from red to orange under the state’s travel permit system for the Peel and Perth regions of Western Australia.

Under the orange zone, people are allowed to travel but are required to isolate until their negative test. If they receive a negative COVID-19 test result,  then travellers will be eligible to end their isolation early after travelling from Perth. 

People can finish isolating themselves after receiving a negative report who have entered Perth and Peel when they were declared orange zones. Whereas people who entered Victoria when it was declared as a red zone will have to wait for approval from the Department of Health.

Victoria has renewed plans to start accepting international students and other international arrivals from next month. 120 people per week would be quarantined in a hotel outside Victoria who would arrive under the existing quarantine system.

Travellers who would be allowed to travel into Victoria from May 24 will include international students, actors and film crew, and major event organisers.

The Victorian government said that on the advice of their public health experts they have a proposal for a dedicated quarantine plan for economic cohorts, including international students. They would work together to welcome back international students.

Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has announced the international travel services resume by October 2021 after consideration of the vaccinated adult population. The opening of the international border would rely on various factors.

The Australian government would be able to consider international flights after the adult population of Australia has been vaccinated against COVID-19. “That’s our hope and expectation,” Mr Morrison said.

“We would need to keep an eye on COVID-19 vaccines and their results,” Mr Morrison said.

Mr Morrison said that all these decisions would rely upon travellers medical conditions on arrival. Also added that their government is planning on whether quarantine upon arriving in Australia would be required or not at all for international travellers.

Discussions are going on with National Cabinet over how the recommencement would work in terms of quarantine arrangements.

“It is very encouraging that we are now getting a lot more data from the rest of the world.” 

“Our goal is to ensure consistent responses to the lower risks as the vaccines prevented people from going to hospitals,” Mr Gaetjens told a Senate inquiry.

However, the aviation sector of Australia is flexible and would be prepared for take-off no matter the date.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has welcomed a $1.2 billion tourism package from the Australian government. Travellers will have access to 800,000 half-price airfares to 13 tourism-reliant regions.