The federal government has made a last-minute decision to delay the reopening of international borders to international students and skilled migrants, as well as travellers from Japan and South Korea, from 1 December to 15 December.
The changes come just weeks after NSW, Victoria and the ACT opened up their borders for fully-vaccinated overseas arrivals, with no quarantine required.
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Fully vaccinated New Zealanders have been free to travel to Australia without entering two-week quarantine since 1 November, however, New Zealand is yet to reinstate the two-way travel bubble for Australians to enter.
Instead, PCR tests for interstate travel will be covered by the government under Medicare, funded jointly by the Commonwealth and the states, as has been the case for all walk-in testing clinics.
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