COVID-19 Border Restrictions

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (15:14): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier advise the house what arrangements and facilities are in place to monitor the entry of people coming into South Australia from New South Wales and Queensland and in particular Broken Hill? With your leave, and that of the house, sir, I will explain further.

Leave granted.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: We all understand the issue with the ever-increasing number of COVID-19 infections in regional New South Wales. I would just like to get some confirmation from the Premier that we have every aspect in place to ensure that none of that comes into regional South Australia in particular.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:14): As the member may be aware, we have level 6 restrictions in place with New South Wales at the moment. They have had over a thousand cases confirmed today. This is really a very high level of protection for our state. This was upgraded earlier this week, requiring even essential travellers who were working within their 14 days of quarantine to have had at least one vaccination. We take the advice of Health. It is implemented by SAPOL. Nobody is coming into this state at the moment from New South Wales without an exemption and there is a very high level of scrutiny on each and every one of those applications.