Cross-border communities have been given some extra freedom today, with the SA Government making the decision to increase the travel bubble between SA and Victoria.
The travel bubble was originally 40km, but after today's press conference, Premier Steven Marshall confirmed it would be increased to 70km from midnight tomorrow.
"Everyone was very relieved when we put the 40km buffer zone back in place - that is now going to be extended out to 70km," Mr Marshall said.
"This is going to provide huge relief to those people between the 40km and the outer limits of 70kms.
"Many of those people are people who come into South Australia on a very regular basis, whether it be for school,pharmacy, for medical needs, or to go about their general business."
He agreed that while the strict border restrictions were a "huge inconvenience" for many, it provided a strong defence against COVID-19.
"This has been a huge inconvenience, we've apologised for that inconvenience in the past - we've said right from day one that we don't these restrictions in place for one day longer than we need to," Mr Marshall said.
"But they have kept us very safe here in South Australia, so I think many of the people living in those border communities, despite the inconvenience, recognise that South Australia has done very well having that strong border restriction in place.
"It has been our first line of defence against coronavirus."
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SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said the new direction will benefit both South Australians and Victorians.
"This will give some of the smaller communities in regional Victoria the opportunity to access services in South Australia that they would normally have the advantage of utilising," Mr Stevens said.
"It also means that South Australians who have ties or obligations within the Victorian border the ability to go in and undertake their business or whatever other activities they need to do."
Mr Marshall said it is likely that they will announce more information around testing frequency in the coming weeks.
"One of the things we will be looking at is the requirement for testing - currently it's once per week. There is a suggestion that we move this to once per fortnight," Mr Marshall said.
He also said the transition committee are consistently looking at the arrangements, meaning another travel bubble increase could potentially be on the cards in the future.
The other change that was announced at the press conference was the ability for people from "safe jurisdictions" to transit through Mildura without stopping.
There will be border checks to determine whether travellers are able to complete this new direction.