Incoming passenger cards for people arriving in Australia will soon be replaced by a digital system, as part of the Federal Government's plans to prepare for global travel in a COVID future.
Immigration Minister Alan Tudge confirmed Victorian authorities could start tracking down New Zealand travellers who arrived in Melbourne via Sydney.
Here is a summary of what happened on Saturday:
- Victoria recorded one case of COVID-19 and no deaths.
- 17 passengers from New Zealand who travelled to Sydney under the trans-Tasman bubble arrangements have been caught entering Melbourne.
- Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge says the passenger cards of those arrivals have been handed to Victoria.
- The Federal Government has announced it's planning to introduce a Digital Passenger Declaration as it prepares to open up global travel following the COVID pandemic.
- Queensland recorded zero cases of COVID-19, but has found traces of the virus in sewage at three locations.
- NSW recorded seven new cases, five of them locally acquired.
- Brett Sutton responded to leaked email that shows he was looped in on hotel quarantine details.
Look back at Saturday's events as they unfolded in the blog below.
