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Victoria will be declared a high-risk (Level 2) area from 12:01am on Friday, 16 July. Anyone intending to travel to Tasmania after 12:01am on Friday, 16 July 2021, who has been in Victoria on or since Thursday, 8 July 2021, will not be able to enter Tasmania unless approved as an Essential Traveller. Quarantine and other requirements are in place for essential travellers.

Anyone arriving into WA from Victoria will need to self-quarantine for 14 days and be tested on arrival, following an immediate change in health advice. The WA government announced Victoria would transition from a "very low-risk" to a "low-risk" jurisdiction. Jurisdictions considered low-risk are permitted to enter Western Australia without an exemption but are subject to strict conditions including COVID-19 testing and self-quarantine. Travellers who have been in Victoria or have travelled through Victoria will need to quarantine for 14 days and present for a COVID-19 test on arrival and on day 11. In addition, anyone who was at any exposure site in Victoria and has since travelled to Western Australia is required to get tested immediately and self-quarantine for 14 days from the date of exposure. All recent arrivals from Victoria should monitor for symptoms and present for testing immediately if any develop.

From 11:59pm on Wednesday, 14 July 2021, if you live in Victoria then face masks must be carried at all times and must be worn indoors, by anyone aged 12 years and over. Face masks must be worn outdoors where physical distancing of at least 1.5 metres cannot be maintained from others (except household members or intimate partners), for example, at a busy open-air market or a bus stop. You do not need to wear a mask in your own home, or if a lawful exception applies.

The current lockdown in NSW has been extended until 11.59pm on Friday, 30 July 2021 and this direction applies to people who live in, usually work in, or usually attend a university or other tertiary education facility in Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas.

From 12:01am on Wednesday, 15 July 2021, all travellers including essential travellers and permitted arrivals (returning SA residents and people genuinely relocating, and people escaping domestic violence) entering SA from Greater Melbourne are subject to Level 1 requirements. These include having a COVID-19 test within 24 hours after their arrival and no entry to high-risk settings until receiving a negative result. All travellers going to SA must first complete a Cross Border Travel Registration. Travellers must complete a separate Cross Border Travel Registration for each person in the travelling party, including all children.

South Australia's border restrictions with South East Queensland, including Brisbane, will relax from midnight on Friday, 16 July 2021. From then, people traveling to South Australia will need to be tested on days one, five and 13 but will not have to quarantine. People who are in home quarantine after returning from the region will also be able to leave their homes from midnight on Friday, 16 July 2021.

Quarantine-free travel from Queensland to New Zealand will resume from 11:59pm (NZT) on Monday, 12 July 2021. ‘Return green flights’ from Queensland, which began on Saturday, 10 July 2021 (NZT), will stop once regular quarantine-free flights begin.

The Acting Chief Health Officer of Victoria has declared that all of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory will become a red zone under Victoria’s travel permit system at 11:59pm Sunday, 11 July. This means the Victorian border is effectively closed to New South Wales and the ACT – except for Victorian residents returning on a red zone permit for 14 days of quarantine, and for people with exemptions, exceptions or other valid permits (such as specified workers and cross-border residents).

New Zealand authorities have extended its pause on the quarantine-free travel bubble with NSW amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and tightening of lockdown measures. The travel bubble was set to be lifted at midnight on Friday, 9 July 2021, but the widespread community transmission in NSW has delayed its reinstatement.

Quarantine-free travel from the ACT, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria resumed this week but Australian travellers flying to New Zealand will require a pre-departure COVID-19 test. Chief Executive of New Zealand’s Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) Chris Roberts said the tests would cost between $170 and $220 each.

Lockdown has been extended until 11.59pm on Friday, 16 July and this direction applies to people who live in, usually work in, or usually attend a university or other tertiary education facility in Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas.

Australia's travel bubble with New Zealand will resume from today but only with certain states and territories. Residents from South Australia, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria will be allowed to travel to New Zealand provided they haven't visited a designated hotspot.

Lockdown restrictions in Brisbane and Moreton Bay were lifted on Saturday, 3 July 2021 at 6pm. Face mask wearing and gathering restrictions, including visitor restrictions for vulnerable person facilities (hospitals, aged care and disability centres), continue to apply across some local government areas.

Lockdown in the Greater Darwin Area and Alice Springs ends at 1pm Friday, 2 July 2021. From 1pm there will be no restrictions on the reasons to leave home if you live in Greater Darwin or Alice Springs. Some restrictions remain in place until 1pm on Friday, 9 July 2021.

Lockdown restrictions for the City of Brisbane and Moreton Bay region LGAs have been extended until 6pm Saturday, 3 July 2021. Lockdown restrictions will end 6pm Friday, 2 July 2021 for the following LGAs: City of Gold Coast, City of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redland City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Townsville City Council and Palm Island Aboriginal Shire. Face mask wearing and gathering restrictions will continue to apply in these areas.

From 12.01 Wednesday, 30 June, those travelling to NSW who have been in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria or Western Australia in the previous 14 days, must complete a NSW entry declaration form.

Effective from 1:00pm on Wednesday, 30 June, Alice Springs will enter a full lockdown for 72 hours.

A 3-day lockdown has been introduced for parts of Queensland. From 6pm tonight till 6pm Friday, southeast Queensland, Townsville, Palm Island and Magnetic Island will go into lockdown.

New Zealand will resume quarantine-free travel with Victoria, Tasmania, ACT and SA from 11:59pm (NZT) on Sunday, July 4. Negative pre-departure tests will be required to enter New Zealand.

Western Australia has called a four-day lockdown of the Perth and Peel region, effective from midnight last night. Premier Mark McGowan said residents would only be allowed to leave the house for essential shopping, exercise in groups of less than 2, work & caregiving. Three positive cases confirmed as of last night - cases two and three are both linked back to case number one - Delta strain from the Sydney outbreak.