Travel From NSW Hotspots to ACT Needs Pass

Police officers patrol and check for entry permits to Victoria at a border checkpoint in Mallacoota, Australia on Dec. 29, 2020. Diego Fedele/Getty Images

Non-ACT residents will now be required to provide a valid exemption to travel into the state from all COVID-19 affected areas in New South Wales.

People from Sydney’s northern beaches, Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, and Wollongong will not be legally permitted to enter the ACT without a valid pass.