WA border reopens to Victoria but G2G application still required

Since April last year Western Australia has opened and closed its doors to the rest of the country numerous times.

Families have been kept apart and planes of eager interstate travellers have arrived in the state, only to be told they need to leave.

As WA re-opens to Victoria for the second time following a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne late last year, uncertainty around the border still remains.

The second fall of the hard border

As of 12:01am Monday, WA moved to a controlled border with Victoria, after the state went nine days with no community transmission.

This prompted the re-classification of Victoria as a ‘low-risk’ state. But what does that mean?