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Reopening Australia’s International Borders… Is It Happening Or Not??

It looks like reopening Australia’s borders is one of the priority topics that will be discussed by the national cabinet at its final meeting for 2021.

Due to significant vaccination rates, that are expected to reach 80 percent across all states and territories soon, Australia’s leaders have made good progress when it comes to reopening Australia to the rest of the world.

According to a post-statement as per news.com.au, “the Commonwealth continues to welcome Australian citizens, permanent residents and their families, New Zealand citizens, Singaporean citizens and other cohorts of travellers already approved for travel, including seasonal workers and international student pilots.”

“As more evidence relating to disease severity, transmissibility and vaccine effectiveness becomes available, the Commonwealth will continue to consider Australia’s international border settings in a manner consistent with a suppression strategy.”

That said, there’s an arrival cap in place for international passengers, check out the cap below for each state:

New South Wales – 210 per week
Victoria – 250 per week
Queensland – 1000 per week (plus 300 per week surge capacity)
Western Australia – 530 per week
South Australia – 320 per week

News.com.au further confirms that Queensland will finally reopen to fully vaccinated Australian citizens or permanent residents who have a negative Covid-19 test taken within the 72 hours prior to departure from December 13. Plans for next week to reopen the state borders of Queensland, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory are also underway.

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