ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is negotiating a travel bubble with South Australia and Darwin, but the ACT is still deemed a COVID-19 'hotspot' by Queensland, despite having no active cases.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is attempting a deal with other states and territories that would allow Canberrans to travel interstate before other borders officially open.South Australia has indicated it may wait until it can also resume travel with NSW to begin ACT flights
"I formally made the offer in the meeting that Adelaide and Canberra work together and we become the first national pilot," Mr Barr said. The Northern Territory threatened to do the same after an outbreak of cases on the nearby New South Wales South Coast, but chose to issue the territory a warning instead.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said the state may alternatively lift restrictions on the ACT and NSW simultaneously by the October long weekend, if there has been at least a 14 days without any community transmission."ACT is not a problem. It's New South Wales.During a National Cabinet meeting today,
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