Border Force to probe how overseas travellers avoided quarantine before boarding Sydney to Melbourne flight

Virgin Australia aircraft are seen at Sydney Domestic Airport, in Sydney on 5 August , 2020.

Virgin Australia aircraft are seen at Sydney Domestic Airport, in Sydney on 5 August , 2020. Source: AAP

Health Minister Greg Hunt has asked the Border Force commissioner to investigate how two overseas travellers avoided quarantine upon arriving in Sydney.


The Border Force commissioner is working with NSW authorities to find out how two overseas travellers avoided quarantine when they arrive in Sydney, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

Two German travellers managed to land in Sydney and fly straight to Melbourne on a Virgin domestic flight.

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