Hannah Wootton
Sydneysiders will be cut off from most of Australia from midnight on Sunday as Victoria, Queensland and SA joined WA and Tasmania in slamming their borders closed in light of the city s growing northern suburb s cluster.
Victoria s NSW border will close to anyone who is from or has visited Greater Sydney and the Central Coast from midnight on Sunday, with anyone entering after that time ordered into hotel quarantine.
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Victorians get a grace period; if they return home by midnight on Monday, they can quarantine at home provided they get a COVID-19 test within 24 hours. From midnight on Monday, they will also enter hotel quarantine.
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Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been cancelled for the first time in its history following an outbreak on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
The news follows an announcement by the Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein of a 14 day quarantine for all visitors from greater Sydney.
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia commodore Noel Cornish said, “We are bitterly disappointed to cancel the race this year, especially considering the plans and preparations we had put in place to have a COVID-safe race.
“We were so well prepared to run the race and we’re only six days from the start. This is the first time in 76 years that the race will not be conducted.