TAS Border Control
 

Is the state of Tasmania constitutionaly able to close its borders. is any state able to do so.

I just did a quick check on NOTAMS, there's no prohibition on flying a private aircraft from any point in mainland to any point in Tasmania. If you don't put a plan in, they won't even know you did it.

Putin's selling S400 SAM systems to just about anyone these days...

I had an appointment in Burnie in the morning tomorrow and was going to fly a small single there... the ruling is apparently not excluding essential flight crew. I guess as the pilot I’m good to go! I will have to cancel to play it safe.

Turn off your transponder, iPad, iPhone, OZRunways and Avplan if you do!

Unprecedented times, who would have EVER imagined this and it’s just the start!

Unfortunately Squawk is right.

Doesn't sound like a prudent measure for an over-water flight. Good luck with that!

sure go for it ... if you land at an regional airport - expect someone to notice, expect someone to make a phone call to police... and yeah you might get away with it perhaps ... you might not too, and you won’t get any sympathy from the Govt who will use their full powers

peoole are scared, it’s not the time to prove a point

You can always be creative: Transponder off for the crossing, then touch and go at a small CTAF aerodrome, e.g. George Town in order to switch transponder on during the roll and on to Burnie. That's it, methinks.

Of course there will be a telling gap between flights if you look it up on the likes of flight radar but I'd like to think that government is currently busier doing more relevant things than running consistency checks on private GA aircraft.

Obviously, don't ask for SKEDS.

posts like this make me want you to have an engine failure enroute

Well that is not a very nice thing to say, swells.

Lighten up, .. you goose.:rolleyes:

:ok: like it................

Must be real important meeting make sure you are not dead on time.
FYi just looked at FR24 dozens of flights inbound to Melbourne from many carriers, cant be all freighters.
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well if you’re gonna promote disabling safety features which are used to assist aircraft who cross bass strait routinely ... in order to attempt to go against what the state is doing ... even in jest, it’s not on

Doesn't our constitution provide for "free and unfettered trade between the states"? Like nomorecatering, this one raised doubts of the legality of this move...

Trade? You selling your body? Goods can move just not people.

Queensland Premier has just closed the Northern Territory to Queensland border!
(Saturday Cairns Post newspaper)

The states closed their borders during the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1919/1920 so there is precedent. As the current restrictions show medical emergency trumps free and unfettered trade.

They aren’t stopping you flying there, you just have to isolate for 14 days... unless I’m mistaken on that.

ScoMo is applying his marketing knowledge called “the Overton window”.

This is the range of policies that are possible at any given time:

‘A given policy is :-

• Unthinkable, then
• Radical, then
• Acceptable,
• Sensible,
• Popular and finally
• Policy.

For example we started with “no we won’t close our borders”, “well only to the Chinese”, “fourteen day voluntary quarantine”, “no europeans”, and after one or two more steps, “no foreigners and don’t leave Australia”.

Then “keep everything open”, “work from home”, “500 max”, “100 max”, “four square meters”, and now “maybe suburban lockdowns.”

That should tell you that we will be at total lockdown by the end of next weekend.

The Overton window approach is required to try and prevent the general population from panicking which would do more damage than Coronavirus.

I think he’s actually started listening to the experts for once on this issue instead of making his usual smart ar$e response.

Edit: I agree that further restrictions will be in place in a week.