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Additional questions include details of any previous Covid-19 diagnoses and, for those who have already been vaccinated, the brand used and the dates of your jabs – although proof of vaccination is also required.

At a later date, this could be used to determine if a passenger arriving from a low-risk country is permitted to spend seven days in home isolation rather than 14 days in hotel quarantine.

The federal government plans to trial home isolation for fully-vaccinated Australians returning to the country in the second half of this year.
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Once you’ve completed the Australia Travel Declaration, you will receive an email confirmation with details you can show (either electronically or printed) before you board your flight and on arrival in Australia.

Your email will have either a:

• green response (with a tick), if you do not need to quarantine on arrival. This is based on your declaration that you are travelling to Australia from a country in Australia’s safe travel zone
• blue response (with an hourglass), if you need to quarantine on arrival
• red response (with a cross), your airline will decide if you can travel. If you are allowed to travel to Australia, you will need to quarantine on arrival.

Even if you have received the COVID-19 vaccine you must undergo 14 days of mandatory quarantine on arrival. This is to minimise the risk to the community from the introduction and spread of COVID-19.

All travellers should check the arrangements in both their place of arrival and place of final destination, as quarantine requirements are different in each Australian state and territory.
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However, an update to American's schedule – published this morning on the booking systems used by travel agents – now says the LA-Sydney flight AA73 would be suspended from August 31 until October 29.

A major international airline says it will stop all flights to Australia in September after the government slashed the number of international arrivals.Australia due to a reduction in the cap for international arrivals.

American Airlines has announced it will suspend all of its passenger and cargo services from LA into Sydney, its only route into the country, from September 1. The airline said flights would not resume until at least late October, according to Nine News.

It apologised to affected passengers and will reach out to offer alternative arrangements. “Due to the ongoing travel restrictions surrounding the coronavirus (Covid-19), American is suspending customer and cargo flights between Los Angeles and Sydney between Sept 1 and Oct 28,” the airline said. American Airlines last week revealed it would fly planes that were 20 per cent empty due to caps on international arrivals.
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"On the following days in July and August, the Australian government has advised that we're not able to transport customers on the route due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: July 12, 16, 17, 19, 22, 26, 28 and 31, August 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24, 26 and 27.
"We're reaching out to customers scheduled to travel on the affected flights to offer alternate arrangements."
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A narrow majority of the community wants political leaders to phase out the use of lockdowns and border controls as more people are vaccinated, amid a sharp fall in the number who are reluctant to get a jab.

With millions of people subject to health orders that curb their movement, a new survey finds that 54 per cent of voters believe lockdowns and border restrictions should be gradually discontinued over the coming months as more people are inoculated against COVID-19.


Only 19 per cent disagree with the idea of phasing out the curbs while another 27 per cent are neutral or undecided, highlighting the tension over whether to pursue strict health controls despite warnings over the economic and social cost.

The findings are part of an exclusive survey that reveals a fall in vaccine hesitancy at the same time as the recent surge in coronavirus case numbers, with 21 per cent saying they are unlikely to get a jab compared to 29 per cent two months ago.

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In the latest survey, 21 per cent said they were unlikely to be vaccinated, with the number split between 9 per cent who were “not very likely” and 12 per cent who were “not at all likely” to take up an offer to be vaccinated in the next few months. The question named AstraZeneca and Pfizer as the two main options.

“People are getting vaccinated in far higher numbers now, and more are willing to do so,” Mr Reed said. “That’s partly a result of more supply for more age groups, part people seeing the risk of not being vaccinated as we suffer outbreaks, and part a cycle of reinforcement as those around us get the jab.”

American Airlines last week revealed it would fly planes that were 20 per cent empty due to caps on international arrivals.

The carrier last week revealed the international caps meant it has to make the 12,000km trip from LA to Sydney at less than 80 per cent capacity.