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By Alicia Nally, James Maasdorp and Simon Smale

SA Premier out to 'throw the book' at hotel worker whose lie sparked lockdown

A man who lied to contact tracers about his connection to a pizza shop was the trigger for South Australia's six-day lockdown, but the Police Commissioner says there is no penalty for failing to tell the truth.

Here's a summary of what happened on Friday:

  • South Australia Police formed a taskforce to investigate the lie that prompted the state's lockdown
  • International flights to Victoria to resume on December 7
  • There were three new cases in South Australia
  • Adelaide close contact 'deliberately misled' contact tracers
  • There were no new locally acquired cases in New South Wales
  • A possible case in Victoria was under investigation but woman returned two subsequent negative test results
  • Other than that, there were no new coronavirus cases in Victoria
  • There were no new cases in Queensland

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