Territorians now able to travel to SA without going into mandatory quarantine

TERRITORIANS will be able to enter South Australia without going into quarantine from tonight, as the state opens its borders to certain jurisdictions

TERRITORIANS will be able to enter South Australia without going into quarantine from tonight, as the state opens its borders to the NT, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Premier Steven Marshall announced SA would open its borders for the first time in three months. Travellers will not need to complete a mandatory 14-day quarantine from midnight tonight.

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Travellers coming into the Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania still need to go into mandatory quarantine.

SA will open its borders to the rest of the country from July 20.

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Mr Marshall made the announcement following a meeting with the SA Transition Committee, in order to help drive new tourism and jobs for South Australians.

Chamber of Commerce NT chief executive Greg Ireland applauded Mr Marshall’s decision, and said the Territory needed to open its borders immediately.

“We think that that’s a fantastic step forward, however it’s not going to do us a great deal of good until the Territory Government reciprocates,” he said.

“It’s an indication that common sense is prevailing in that thought process and it sets a precedent that allows the Northern Territory Government to also follow suit with bubble travel opportunities.

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“Business absolutely needs to support. It’s important to realise that up to 50 per cent of Northern Territory businesses are currently supported by JobKeeper. That honeymoon is going to come to an end at some point when the federal government decided that JobKeeper can no longer be funded. There’s a financial cliff approaching for those businesses and without the borders open there’s no opportunity to get to the volumes or we need to get to.