House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-11-30 Daily Xml

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COVID-19 Testing

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (15:06): My question is to the Premier. Is there any follow-up for people who arrive in South Australia from moderate risk LGAs who are required to get tested under the emergency management directions who do not do so, or is this an honesty policy that the government has?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:07): I am happy to get a detailed answer for the member, but I did talk about this in the last sitting week as well. We are moving from a 100 per cent compliance to a less onerous level of surveillance. For example, previously we had border checkpoints and now we are not stopping every vehicle that comes across and we're not stopping every traveller who comes into South Australia. There are situations where we still will be checking people. We reserve the right potentially to put in high levels of surveillance, but we're satisfied that the surveillance regime that we have in place at the moment is commensurate with the risk at this stage of the disease.