Parents split across state lines are struggling to maintain contact with their children as some premiers warn coronavirus border closures could remain in place for months.
All states and territories other than New South Wales and Victoria have restricted interstate travel in a bid to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19, but as Australia enters the recovery phase of the pandemic, As well as the loss of visitors, families split across state borders say the restrictions have given rise to additional challenges for parents who share custody of their children.
The state has moved to Stage 1 of lifting restrictions, which allows for Tasmanian residents to quarantine at home, but non-residents are still required to complete their two-week isolation in government-provided accommodation. Family Court Chief Justice William Alstergren said the surge was “quite alarming”, with the cause of the applications things they’d “never seen before in family law cases”.
Queensland, which hosts the most populated closed state border with NSW, has allowed people to apply for a travel exemption, which does not require people to isolate if they have a family court order.Meanwhile, in Western Australia, the Family Court found orders were sometimes necessary for travel between regions within the state.the national health committee had never recommended state border closures within Australia.
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