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NSW's major announcement it would open up to the whole world from November 1 has sparked mass confusion.
Premier Dominic Perrottet announced that arrival caps as well any type of quarantine for vaccinated Australians and foreigners flying into Sydney would be scrapped in two weeks.
But the Federal Government is in charge of the international border and there has been no word yet from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
NSW's major announcement it would open up to the whole world from November 1 has sparked mass confusion
Australia's international border has been closed since March 2020 to reduce the spread of coronavirus - and no date has been set for a re-opening.
The national re-opening plan agreed by all states and territories states that once 80 per cent are vaccinated then there will be a 'gradual opening of inward and outward travel with safe countries'.
However, NSW said it would welcome people from any country around the world as long as they are vaccinated.
'There is no doubt that the Commonwealth will be able to do that with some countries faster than others and they will also be able to do that in conjunction with many airlines are faster than others so there will be some incremental staging that has brought about by the ability for the Commonwealth to verify vaccination status but we are not delineating between countries,' NSW Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres.
'There is no delineation between Australian citizens and
