There are rules that have changed for every state after these locksdowns have come into effect.See how each state compares and how it affects you. Information is updated from August 6, 2021 from the Health Direct Restriction checker and state health websites. NED-1859 State of our bordersVICTORIAFrom 8pm Thursday 5 August 2021, Victoria will enter a state-wide lockdown for 7 days.The 5 reasons you’re permitted to leave home are: getting essential food and supplies, exercising for up to 2 hours — limited to 2 people, care or caregiving, authorised work or education if you can’t do it from home, to get a vaccine or test at the nearest possible locationShopping and exercise must be done within 5km of your home, or at the nearest possible location. Private gatherings are not allowed, except for with an intimate partner or nominated person. Public gatherings are not permitted.You must wear a face mask when you leave your home or intimate partner’s home — both indoors and outdoors. You must carry a mask at all times.If you’re coming from a green zone, you must apply for a permit to enter Victoria. You can’t apply for a green-zone permit if you have Covid symptoms or if you have visited a red zone.If you notice any symptoms once you arrive in Victoria from a green zone, you should immediately get tested for COVID-19.The following areas are green zones:*New Zealand*Tasmania*Queensland, except certain local government areas*Western Australia*Northern TerritoryVictoria has declared 11 Queensland local government areas red zones under the state’s traffic light permit system: City of Brisbane, Moreton Bay Regional Council, City of Gold Coast, City of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redland City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Regional Council.The red zone declaration means Victorians returning home from the affected areas after 8pm on July 31 must quarantine for 14 days. Non-residents are effectively barred from entering the state without an exemption or an exception.People who arrive before 8pm on July 31 must abide by the orange zone rules in place before the cut-off and get tested and isolate on arrival. Orange zone permit holders entering Victoria must isolate on arrival, get tested within 72 hours, and stay isolated until they get a negative result.South Australia and Norfolk Island have also been categorised as orange zones. People who have been in these areas in the past 14 days and are travelling into Victoria need to apply for an orange zone permit.To enter Victoria from most states and New Zealand, you’ll need to apply for a permit.NEW SOUTH WALESFace masksYou must wear a face mask on public transport, in all indoor non-residential settings, at airports and on commercial domestic flights across NSW, in all common indoor areas of residential premises and certain outdoor settings in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour. Once you leave your home, if you live or are staying in one of the 8 LGAs of concern in Greater Sydney — see below for detailOnce people in Greater Sydney local government areas leave home for a permitted reason, they must carry a face mask with them at all times.Stay-at-home orders – Greater SydneyStay-at-home orders apply to people who live in, usually work in, or usually attend a university or other tertiary education facility in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas.From 5pm Thursday 5 August 2021 until 12.01am Friday 13 August, the Hunter region is included in these restrictions. The reasons you may leave your home include to:*Shop for food or other goods and services in your local government area within 10km of your home, if reasonably practicable. *Only 1 person per household per day may leave home to shop (you may take a dependant person with you if that person can’t be left at home on their own) for the personal needs of the household or for other household purposes, including for pets and vulnerable people.*Travel for work, if your workplace is allowed to stay open and you can’t work at home. *Exercise and do outdoor recreation — with no more than 1 other person, unless you’re with the members of your household. You must also stay in your local government area or within 10 kilometres of your home. *Go out for medical or caring reasons, including for vaccination and to donate blood*Access childcare, continue existing access arrangements for parents and children*Attend a funeral*Provide care or assistance, including personal care, to a vulnerable person — only 1 person may visit a place of residence to fulfil carers’ responsibilities, or provide care or assistance to vulnerable people at any one time *Offer emergency assistance*Access social services, employment services, services provided to victims — including as victims of crime —, domestic violence services, and mental health services*Move to a new place of residence, or between different residences*Undertake legal obligations*To provide pastoral care as a leader of faith*For compassionate reasons, including to visit the person in your ‘singles bubble’ where 2 people are in a relationship but do not necessarily live together — only 1 person may visit a place of residence for compassionate reasons at any one time.Stay-at-home orders – 8 LGAsPeople who live or stay in Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta LGAs in Greater Sydney are subject to additional restrictions. *Exercise, outdoor recreation and the ‘singles bubble’ visits must be done within 5km of the person’s home — see below for information about ‘singles bubbles’*No one can travel more than 5km from home for shopping, unless the goods or services are not readily available in that area*Masks must be worn at all times outside the home, regardless of how close you are to othersFurther, if you live or are staying in any of these LGAs, you can only leave your LGA to work if you’re an authorised worker. If you live in one of these 8 LGAs and are not an authorised worker but can’t work from home and your workplace can stay open, you can only go to work if your workplace is located in the LGA in which you live.*Only authorised workers living or staying in Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown Liverpool, Cumberland, Blacktown, Parramatta, Campbelltown or Georges River LGAs can leave their LGA to work. *If someone lives in one of these 8 LGAs and is not an authorised worker but can’t work from home and their workplace can stay open, they can go to work if their workplace is located in the LGA in which they live. Surveillance testing is in place for certain workers including aged-care, health and emergency workers in Greater Sydney.For full details see NSW GovernmentStay-at-home orders – Hunter RegionFrom 5pm Thursday 5 August 2021 until 12.01am Friday 13 August 2021, the following LGAs in the NSW Hunter region are under stay-at-home orders:NewcastleLake MacquarieMaitlandPort StephensSingletonDungogMuswellbrookCessnockThe restrictions that apply are the same that are already in place across Greater Sydney — excluding the above LGAs of concern in western Sydney.RETURNING TO NSWIf you’ve been to an affected area in the past 14 days, you must complete a travel declaration within 24 hours immediately before you enter or on entry to NSW.If you’ve been to an area of concern in the past 14 days, you must complete a travel declaration within 24 hours immediately before you enter or on entry to NSW. After you’ve entered NSW, you must:*immediately travel to your place of residence*stay at your residence unless you have a reasonable excuse to leave, such as getting food, going to school or childcare, or exercising outdoors. You should stay at your residence until it has been 14 days since you visited the area of concern*If you’ve been to a place of high concern in the past 14 days, check the NSW concerns notice to find out if you are considered a casual contact or a close contact.RETURNING FROM QLD AREASIf you’re in NSW and you’ve been in any of the 11 affected local government areas in Queensland since Wednesday 21 July 2021, you must stay at home and only leave if you have a reasonable excuse.If you plan to arrive in NSW from Queensland, you must complete a declaration form and then travel directly to your accommodation and only leave with a reasonable excuse.You must comply with the stay-at-home rules for 14 days since you were last in an affected LGA, or until this direction is revoked. The affected LGAs are: Brisbane City, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redland City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council, and Sunshine Coast Regional Council.Additionally, the NSW Government requests that everyone who’s living in the same residence as someone who’s been in one of the 11 LGAs to also follow the stay-at-home rules.QUEENSLANDParts of Queensland are currently in lockdown until at least Sunday, August 8 at 4pm.The local government areas subject to the stay at home order are: City of Brisbane; City of Gold Coast; City of Ipswich; Lockyer Valley Regional Council; Logan City; Moreton Bay Region; Noosa Shire Council; Redland City; Scenic Rim Regional Council; Somerset Regional Council; Sunshine Coast Regional Council.Residents of these areas can only leave home if they are obtaining essential goods or services, exercising in their local area, attending essential work or school, assisting a vulnerable person or family member, or if obtaining a Covid-19 test or vaccination.COMING INTO QLDThe Queensland border is open to most of all states and territories — plus New Zealand. Anyone entering Queensland needs to complete an online travel declaration at qld.gov.au/queensland-travel-declaration. This includes Queensland residents.Queensland has 2 types of declarations: a Queensland Travel Declaration and a Queensland Border Declaration Pass.You must complete the right declaration for your situation up to 3 days before your arrival into Queensland. The form takes about 3 minutes to complete.COMING FROM SA, VICTORIA, NSWThe state has also declared South Australia, Victoria, and NSW Covid-19 hot spots. The dates the Queensland Government declared NSW as a hotspot are as follows:Greater Sydney local government areas (LGAs) — 21 June 2021.Orange, Blayney and Cabonne LGAs in New South Wales — 22 July 2021.Remaining 90 LGAs that make up New South Wales — 23 July 2021.You cannot enter Queensland if you have been in any of those states in the past 14 days unless they are a resident or have an exemption. If you meet either of those two criteria, you will still need to complete 14 days of mandatory quarantine.NSW-Queensland border community residents can only cross the border for a permitted purpose – a full list can be found here. Anyone entering the state must complete a Queensland entry pass. More information can be found here. NED-4196-QLD-Restrictions-liftingSOUTH AUSTRALIAYou must complete a Cross Border Travel Registration at least 7 days before you enter South Australia from any state or territory. Visit police.sa.gov.au and select ‘Complete cross border form’.For more information, visit covid-19.sa.gov.au select ‘Restrictions and responsibilities’ and click on ‘Travel restrictions’.Entry is only permitted for returning residents, people relocating to South Australia, and people fleeing domestic violence, however, on arrival they must:*quarantine for 14 days*get a Covid test as soon as possible*get tested on day 5 and day 13 of quarantine*wear a face mask — covering mouth and nose — at any time you come into contact with the public for 14-day quarantine period, for example, when you get a Covid testEssential travellers are also permitted, however they must adhere to the requirements outlined in the Cross Border Travel Direction.For more details and for a list of who is considered an essential worker, go to covid-19.sa.gov.au. Click on ‘Activity restrictions’. Then, click on Level 5 restrictions’.FROM NSW, VICTORIA, QLD AND ACTEntry to South Australia is currently prohibited for travellers from New South Wales, Victoria, some areas of Queensland and the ACT.NSWPeople who’ve been in NSW in the previous 14 days, excluding Broken Hill local government area, are not allowed to enter South Australia — except if they’re SA residents, people relocating to SA, essential travellers, Commonwealth MPs and staff or people fleeing domestic violence.People fleeing domestic violence must complete the SA Health essential traveller application.QLDIf you’ve been in Greater Brisbane in the last 14 days, you’re not allowed to enter South Australia.Greater Brisbane includes: the City of Brisbane, Moreton Bay Region, Sunshine Coast Region, Shire of Noosa, Gold Coast, Logan City, Ipswich City, Redland City, Lockyer Valley Region, Scenic Rim, Somerset Region.Returning South Australian residents, people genuinely relocating and people escaping domestic violence who’ve been in Greater Brisbane in the previous 14 days can enter South Australia, but they must: get a Covid test on day 5 and 13, self-quarantine for 14 days from the day they arrive in South Australia, wear a face maskEssential travellers must self-quarantine and test in accordance with their class of Essential traveller.Commercial Transport and Freight categories are excused from the testing regime if they can produce evidence of a Covid or a Covid result in the last 7 days if they have not been in Vic, NSW or ACT in the past 14 days.If you enter South Australia and have been in Queensland — excluding Greater Brisbane — in the last 14 days, you must get a Covid test as soon as possible and quarantine until you receive a negative result, get tested again on day 5 and day 13 after arrival, not attend a Covid Management Plan event for 14 days after your arrival, not enter a high-risk setting for 14 days after your arrival, unless you meet requirements to be permitted, for example, urgent medical care or an end-of-life visit. High-risk settings include disability and aged-care or correctional facilities and an emergency department, intensive care unit, respiratory ward or oncology ward of a private or public hospital.South Australian residents who are currently in regional Queensland are advised to return home as quickly as possible, since travel restrictions may tighten.VICTORIAIf you have been in Victoria in the last 14 days you are not allowed to enter South Australia.Entry is permitted for essential travellers, returning residents, people relocating to South Australia, and people fleeing domestic violence. However, on arrival you must: self-quarantine for 14 days, get a Covid test on day 1, 5 and day 13 of quarantine, wear a face maskPeople who’ve visited Phillip Island on or after 12 July 2021, are urged to get a Covid test and contact SA Health immediately.CROSS BORDERIf you have arrived in South Australia from Mildura local government area (LGA) since 11 July 2021, you must quarantine for 14 days from your arrival and have a Covid test on days 1, 5 and 13 of your quarantine.The NSW cross-border corridor is limited to the LGAs of Broken Hill and communities in SA including Manna Hill, Olary, Tikalina and Cockburn. SA residents who are outside the corridor can only travel to Broken Hill for essential work reasons or with a health exemption.The Victorian cross-border corridor is the area 70 km either side of the border between South Australia and Victoria.TASMANIACurrent low-risk areas include:*Australian Capital Territory*Northern Territory*New Zealand*Queensland, except for certain high-risk locations*Western AustraliaCurrent high-risk areas include:*New South Wales (level 1), as well as certain high-risk premises in NSW (level 1)Victoria*Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Logan City, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast LGAs in Queensland (level 2), as well as certain high-risk premises in Queensland (level 1)*certain high-risk premises in Victoria (level 1)*South Australia (level 2) and certain high-risk premises in South Australia (level 1)*overseas other than New Zealand — except those who’ve been in high-risk premises in NZ*cruise shipsNSW has been deemed high-risk and therefore travellers from the state are not allowed to enter Tasmania unless approved as an Essential Traveller.Victoria, Queensland and SA remain low risk apart from people who spent time at locations deemed high-risk. Those people will not be permitted into Tasmania.Travellers to Tasmania, including returning residents, need to provide their contact and travel details before entering the State, to help manage the risk of COVID-19 at Tasmania’s borders.AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORYAll restricted activities, gatherings (including events), business or undertakings must use the Check In CBR app. It is also mandatory to use the Check In CBR app on Canberra’s buses, light rail, taxis, rideshare and all retail settings. Retail settings where the app is mandatory include: supermarkets, petrol stations, take away services, clothing stores, and department stores. People aged 16 years and older must check in upon entry, regardless of how long they are planning to spend in a venue.FROM NSW:The ACT Government declared Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour regions of NSW COVID-19 affected areas from 11.59pm Friday 9 July 2021.Non-ACT residents who have been in the Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour regions of NSW are not permitted to travel into the ACT unless they have an approved exemption. Exemptions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. If approved, you’ll need to quarantine at a suitable premises or at a hotel at your own expense for 14 days.If you’re an ACT resident and left the Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour regions of NSW on or after 11:59pm on Friday 9 July 2021, you’ll need to complete an online exemption form prior to travelling, enter quarantine immediately for 14 days or until advised by an authorised person within ACT Health upon return to the ACT.From 11:59pm Thursday 5 August 2021 the ACT will the following LGAs in regional NSW affected areas:Armidale Regional Council, Cessnock City Council, Coffs Harbour City Council, Dubbo Regional Council, Dungog Shire Council, Lake Macquarie City Council, Newcastle City Council, Maitland City Council, Mid-Western Regional Council, Muswellbrook Shire Council, Port Stephens Council, Shoalhaven City Council, Singleton Council and Wingecarribee Shire CouncilIf you’re an ACT resident and have left any of the LGAs listed above after 11:59pm Thursday 5 August 2021 and are seeking to enter the ACT, you must:complete the online exemption form within 72 hours prior to arriving in the ACTenter quarantine immediately for 14 days or until advised by an authorised person within ACT Health.This includes people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.Exemptions will be granted to ACT residents once there has been verification of identity and residency in the ACT and confirmation of the location and suitability of a quarantine premises.If you are a non-ACT resident and you have left any of these LGAs after 11:59pm Thursday 5 August 2021 you must not enter the ACT unless you obtain an exemption before arriving.Where an exemption is granted, you must enter quarantine for 14 days at a suitable premises or at a hotel at your own expense.FROM QLD:If you have been to any of the following areas since 21 July 2021, you must follow stay-at-home orders:City of Brisbane, Moreton Bay Region, City of the Gold Coast, City of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redland City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Regional CouncilThese orders are expected to be in place until at least 4:00pm, Sunday 8 August 2021.If 14 days have passed since you left one of these LGAs, you’ll no longer be subject to the stay-at-home requirements if ACT Health has contacted you to advise you of this.ACT residents must:Complete an online declaration form no more than 24 hours before arriving in the ACTTravel directly to the residence where you will spend the stay-at-home period and only leave your home for an approved essential purpose.You must wear a mask if leave your home, except for exercise.Non-ACT residents will not be allowed to enter the ACT without an approved exemption and you will still be required to follow the stay-at-home requirements while you are in the ACT.FROM VICTORIA/ SA: The stay-at-home orders have been lifted for travellers from South Australia and Victoria.Anyone who has spent any time in South Australia or Victoria in the last 14 days and is seeking to enter the ACT after 11.59pm on Tuesday 27 July 2021, must:comply with all public health directions in place within the jurisdiction you are currently inIf you’re permitted to travel you must:complete an online declaration form within 24 hours prior to arriving in the ACTmonitor for symptoms for 14 days from the date last in the area, and if you experience any symptoms of COVID‑19 go to a COVID-19 clinic to be testedNORTHERN TERRITORYAnyone arriving into the Northern Territory from or through a declared hotspot must do 14 days mandatory supervised quarantine. All of NSW, except Sydney Airport, is deemed a hotspot by NT.Anyone who arrives in the Northern Territory, who has been in the declared Queensland hotspot areas must undertake 14 days of mandatory, supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howard Springs quarantine facilities. People may still transit through Brisbane Airport as it is not a hotspot.From 4pm, Saturday 31 July 2021, the following local government areas in South-East Queensland will be declared a hotspot:Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Logan City, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast.All of regional New South Wales will be declared as a hotspot, from 5pm 27 July 2021. This in addition to hotspots already declared for Greater Sydney, Sydney surrounds and the Illawarra and Central West Region.The NT Government has declared the Greater Sydney region, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Wollondilly and Hawkesbury, as a hotspot.The NT has declared the Greater Melbourne area a COVID-19 hotspot.This Hotspot declaration begins from 27 July 2021. People who have been to a Covid-19 public exposure site in Victoria after 12.01am June 7, 2021 must enter mandatory supervised quarantine for 14 days. Anyone who arrived into the Northern Territory from Victoria since 7 June 2021, must self-isolate, get a test and remain in self-quarantine until a negative is returned.WESTERN AUSTRALIAPerth and Peel are no longer subject to post-lockdown restrictions. Both regions are now under the same restrictions as the rest of Western Australia.FROM VICTORIAThe WA Government has declared Victoria as a medium-risk state. You’re not allowed to travel to Western Australia if you’ve been in Victoria in the previous 14 days, unless you’re an exempt traveller.This also applies if you’ve been in Victoria since Thursday 8 July 2021 and have not been in a very low-risk state or territory in the previous 14 days.FROM QLDThe WA Government has declared Queensland as a medium-risk state. You’re not allowed to travel to Western Australia if you’ve been in Queensland in the previous 14 days, unless you’re an exempt traveller.This also applies to anyone who may’ve been in Queensland since Sunday 20 June 2021 and has not subsequently been in a ‘very low risk’ state or territory for 14 days.FROM NSWThe Western Australian Government has declared New South Wales as a medium-risk state. You’re not allowed to enter Western Australia from NSW, unless you’re an exempt traveller.This direction also applies to anyone who may’ve been in NSW and has not subsequently been in a ‘very low risk’ state or territory for 14 days, including travellers who’ve been in NSW since 12.01am on Friday 11 June, 2021, who arrived after the hard border was introduced.FROM ACTACT arrivals who’ve been in NSW in the past 14 days and after 11 June 2021 are subject to ‘medium-risk’ requirements.Travellers from Tasmania, NT, ACT and New Zealand are considered low-risk and therefore not required to quarantine. But they are require to complete a mandatory G2G PASS registration and declaration.FROM SAThe Western Australian Government has declared South Australia as a medium-risk state.You’re not allowed to enter Western Australia from South Australia, unless you’re an exempt traveller. This also applies to anyone who may have been in South Australia on or after Thursday July 8 2021 and has not completed 14 days of quarantine in a lower risk jurisdiction.Regional travel throughout most of Western Australia is allowed. The Kimberley, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku and parts of the East Pilbara have reopened to tourists and travellers.NEW ZEALAND The trans-Tasman bubble has been closed due to the soaring number of cases of the Delta strain in NSW. The quarantine-free travel arrangement between Australia and New Zealand has been paused until September 18.
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