In more good border news, Western Australia have today announced they will be moving from a ‘hard border’ to a more ‘controlled interstate border’ for ‘extremely low risk’ states and territories.
‘Extremely low risk’ means any states or territories with no local cases for the past 28 days.
Premier Mark McGowan made the announcement this afternoon, after the state has been locked off from the rest of Australia for the last seven months.
The Premier said that the next step will be ‘moving towards a new, controlled interstate border’ as of the 14th November.
The ‘softer border’ means that the state will be open to Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory.
People visiting from New South Wales and Victoria will still need to quarantine on arrival in WA for 14 days.
However, the Premier said he will be proceeding with extreme caution.
“We will be closely monitoring the situation over east and if we need to delay this introduction of the controlled border, then we will," he said. "We are prepared to delay the introduction of the controlled border right up to the last minute."
The very low-risk jurisdictions currently include Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia, ACT and the Northern Territory.
People coming from New South Wales and Victoria may still be required to quarantine for 14 days, and are a long way off from 28-straightdays of no community transmission.