On Saturday, a 24-year-old Paddington woman faced ACT Magistrates Court after allegedly travelling to the ACT without a necessary exemption to public health orders.The woman was identified by ACT Police as a resident of greater Sydney after getting off a flight from Sydney on Friday.ACT Police alleged the woman had not been granted an exemption to enter the ACT.The woman was escorted to a hotel at Canberra airport and ordered to remain there, at her own expense, until she was scheduled to be escorted to a return flight on Saturday morning.About 11.45pm, hotel staff notified ACT Police the woman allegedly had guests with her and was preparing to leave the hotel in contravention of the directions issued by ACT Health.ACT Police alleged they attended the hotel as a rideshare vehicle departed with the woman inside. The vehicle was stopped by police about 12.05am Saturday on Kings Ave, Russell, where the woman was arrested and transported to the ACT Watch House.The woman faced a charge of failing to comply with a direction by the chief health officer. ACT Police notified NSW Police of the alleged breach of NSW Health stay-at-home directions.ACT Police told NCA NewsWire on Sunday the woman was bailed to reappear in August on condition she returned to Sydney immediately, which the woman did under police escort.
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