Public health alert - interstate travel advice

29 June 2021

Anyone travelling to NSW after 12.01am on Wednesday 30 June who has been in the Northern Territory, Queensland, or Western Australia, in the previous 14 days must complete a declaration form. Declaration requirements are still also in place for people who have been in Victoria in the previous 14 days.

NSW Health advises against non-essential travel to lockdown areas in other states and territories at this time. Do not travel to NSW if you have attended a venue of concern as close contacts must isolate immediately, get tested and remain in isolation for 14 days, and contact the relevant health authorities in their state or territory.

The declaration form is available on the Service NSW website, and can be completed in the 24-hour period before entering NSW or on arrival. The information gathered from travel declarations is vital to allow NSW Health to contact travellers if necessary.

People subject to the stay-at-home measures in the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia should not be travelling to NSW unless they are permitted to do so by those state or territory’s public health orders.

If you are permitted to travel to NSW after 12.01am on Wednesday 30 June, and have been in the areas that are subject to lockdown measures, you must follow the stay at home orders in place in NSW for 14 days after being in the lockdown area.

This means people will only be permitted to leave their place of residence for limited reasons, including shopping for essential items, medical care, caregiving, outdoor exercise, and work or education, if you cannot do it from home. You will also be required to comply with all other public health orders in NSW.

NSW Health urges people who have recently travelled from the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria to regularly check the local health websites to see if they have visited any of the venues of concern, and if so, immediately follow the relevant public health advice.

If you are in NSW and have attended any of the venues identified by the local public health authorities at the times and dates listed, please contact NSW Health immediately on 1800 943 553.