and only state so far to allow quarantine free travel for australians, which means that if you are a fully vaccinated australian citizen, australian permanent resident and immediate family including parents, you can come into sydney and not be required to quarantine in a hotel or at home. what you will be required to do is present proof of vaccination and that this jab is approved by the australian medical authorities. you will also be required to have returned a negative covid 19 test before you get on your plane. the prime minister, as we heard there, welcomed the news. he also did clarify that this does not yet include non australians, it does not yet include tourists. he said the government has not made a decision on when tourists will be allowed back in australia there was a bit of confusion over that. but generally, i think, for australians overseas, it now means that they can reunite with their families and not have
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announced its now able to relax its covid travel restrictions, after 18 months. fully vaccinated australians but not tourists will be allowed to fly into new south wales from november without having to quarantine. the australian prime minister scott morrison has welcomed the news. this is further demonstration of australians getting vaccinated is enabling them to do more and more and more. new south wales is hitting 80% double dose vaccination rates. here in this city, it is turning into one of the more vaccinated cities in the world today. and that is a great achievement for australia and, in particular, those right across greater sydney. and it has been hard fought and hard won, and that s why i welcome the fact that this is a further sign of the national plan coming into effect and allowing australians to start reclaiming so many of the things that have been taken from them throughout this pandemic. 0ur sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil told me more about the new changes. a