Steven Marshall says South Australia is “way further down the track” after NSW placed restrictions on the number of passengers on public transport, but admits there are still some concerns.
Mr Marshall was asked on Tuesday’s FIVEAA breakfast show about NSW’s decision to limit passenger numbers.
“We’re running our own race in South Australia,” Mr Marshall said. “They can make their decisions based on their new cases, the information that their epidemiologists have got, and we’ll make our decisions in South Australia on our situation.
“Public transport, road transport, schools and workplaces have always been exempt from the restrictions and for good reasons – you can’t just basically stop your entire economy from working and in South Australia we do have low cases. But we are still concerned about it and that’s why we’ve asked the AHPPC (Australian Health Protection Principal Committee) to do some work. They did have a meeting on it last week. I think they’ll probably bring back their recommendations on Friday this week…”
“People should be exercising caution. Some people have started going into work early, some people are going in late and making sure where possible you can have distancing between people. And if they’re feeling uncomfortable get on the next train or get on the train after that…”
In NSW a maximum of 12 people are allowed on buses, while only 32 passengers are allowed on each train carriage and ferries can only carry 45 commuters at a time.
“They’ve got to run their race,” Mr Marshall told David & Will. “I think we are way further down the track compared to NSW. We haven’t had an example of community transmission in our state since 20 March. That’s a long time ago.
“They’re putting restrictions and advice in place based upon the situation they’ve got and we’re doing it here in South Australia on what we’ve got.”
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