From Wednesday, worldwide travellers will now not have to declare their COVID-19 vaccination standing to fly into Australia.
Whereas unvaccinated Australians and sure teams of visa holders have been in a position to enter the nation for a while, all travellers will now be allowed in, no matter whether or not they've been immunised or not.
It additionally means passengers will not need to fill within the digital passenger declaration kind, which officers admitted "wants work".
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It means all visa holders can journey to Australia with no need a journey exemption. Sure teams had remained locked out of coming into the nation.
"As increasingly more of us journey internationally and we get extra assured in managing our danger of COVID, our airports are getting busier," House Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil mentioned.
"Eradicating these necessities won't solely scale back delays in our airports however will encourage extra guests and expert staff to decide on Australia as a vacation spot.
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"And for Australian residents, with the elimination of those necessities, returning dwelling will probably be a lot simpler.
"We have additionally listened to suggestions concerning the DPD. Whereas in time it should exchange the paper based mostly incoming passenger card, it wants much more work to make it consumer pleasant."