Covid border restrictions and travel bans: where you can and can’t go within Australia – and to New Zealand

Planning a trip across state borders during the school holidays or a weekend away? Before you leave home, check our state-by-state guide to coronavirus travel restrictions to see if you can travel into our out of Sydney city suburbs, from NSW to Qld, between Victoria and South Australia or to NZ.

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• NSW Covid restrictions; Covid Victoria restrictions explained
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As families prepare for winter school holidays, Covid outbreaks have once again resulted in state border restrictions and forced plans to be cancelled.

State and territory health authorities are monitoring the cases and the situation is changing daily. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of where you can and can't travel and what you need to do before you leave home.