In the NT -The Territory stayed safe by closing our borders to all states.
In the next step, we will stay safe by keeping our borders closed to suburbs and hot spots that are not safe.
This is about being prepared – using the four weeks we gave ourselves to be prepared.
From the 17th of July: if your suburb or local government area has been declared a coronavirus hot spot, then you will not be permitted free access to the Territory.
You will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days. And it will be enforced.
In addition to the current arrival information, you will be required to declare if you have been in, or travelled through, a hot spot in the last 28 days.
Making a false statement in a statutory declaration is against the law. If we find you have lied on the border form – been to a hot spot but told us that you hadn’t – it could mean a prison sentence of up to three years.
If you are from interstate and you live in a hot spot area, your own government is telling you the area is not safe, and you should be in lock down.
If you are meant to be in lock down, then you shouldn’t be leaving your home. You shouldn’t be coming here.
If you do leave your home and come here, we will lock you down, and if you break our rules, we can lock you up.
So don’t come here.
For everyone else – the 99 per cent of Australia that’s safe – we will be open, and we can’t wait to see you.