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New South Wales residents will be banned from travelling into South Australia while South Australians in the eastern state are being urged to return home as soon as possible under a hard border closure to be imposed at midnight tonight.
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At least ten travellers who were wrongly told they had to quarantine or return to New South Wales after a South Australian border bungle are seeking compensation, but health authorities “certainly expect more” claims.
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South Australian authorities have apologised for a “breakdown in communication” after a morning of mixed messaging and a night of border chaos, which saw Christmas plans ruined for many families as hundreds of people arriving from Sydney were wrongly turned back or forced into quarantine.
The Spanish man accused by South Australian authorities of sparking last month’s lockdown will remain in the state for the foreseeable future, his lawyer says, despite his visa renewal application being still under review.
Up to 50 people will be able to gather at people’s homes, masks in public won’t be encouraged and stand-up drinking will return to pubs and bars under a raft of revised restrictions to kick in from Monday, as authorities eye a return to normality early in the new year.
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has overruled the advice of chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier to immediately relax density caps on hospitality venues to one person per two-square-metres, as the state today recorded its sixth straight day of no new coronavirus cases.
South Australia has recorded no new coronavirus cases today, amid revelations authorities failed to report a past positive case, confusion over masks and delays in implementation of a streamlined QR code process for some phone users.
