National travel permit system would avoid border controls
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A national travel permit system would enable a more calibrated and consistent approach to where and how COVID-19 restrictions are applied and would be more effective than border closures, according to epidemiological experts and political leaders.
A national permit system – which would broadly emulate permit systems already used in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria –would enable authorities to discourage wider movement during outbreaks by quickly imposing tightly focused controls, rather than hard border lockdowns, according to Deakin University chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett.
A national travel system would give travellers and tourist operators more certainty according to experts.
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Australian authorities said mandatory hotel quarantine for people arriving for the Australian Open tennis tournament was essential to stop COVID-19, as the country recorded another day with no new locally acquired cases on Tuesday.