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Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell says the Marshall Government’s $700,000 bid to revamp Adelaide’s nightlife would be better spent in the state’s South East, where businesses are suffering from renewed COVID restrictions and ongoing border uncertainty.
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South Australia won’t immediately open its borders or ease restrictions once it reaches an average 80 per cent vaccination mark, with the Government instead planning to wait for even vaccination coverage across all local government areas, Premier Steven Marshall says.
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An Adelaide mother who says she waited a month for SA Health to assess and then refuse without explanation her application to return to South Australia is considering appealing the decision or risking an illegal border run, as the State Government comes under pressure over its border lockout and exemptions process.
South Australia has reopened its border to most of the Northern Territory and Queensland, while a series of gathering restrictions will also be eased despite concerns about the growing threat posed by coronavirus outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria.
NSW has reported 452 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one death, with at least 54 people in the community for all or part of their infectious period.
UPDATED: South Australia will no longer relax its border restrictions for travellers from western Victoria, as the eastern state prepares to enter its sixth lockdown.
The state will return to a 50 per cent capacity cap at public venues on Thursday but mask wearing and home gathering rules will not change, as Premier Steven Marshall urges South Australian residents in southeast Queensland to return home as soon as possible.
