Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews is making arrangements for Kiwis to be able to fly to Melbourne without going through a quarantine period from next Monday onwards.
Speaking to media this afternoon, Andrew said he had written to Australian Prime minister saying the state would join the trans-Tasman bubble after seven days of having no community Covid-19 cases there.
"From November 9, direct flights into Melbourne from New Zealand will start again - I've written to the Prime Minister this morning, confirming that," Andrews said.
"Whilst we inadvertently found ourselves in the bubble - New Zealanders will now be able to travel directly into Melbourne."
He was referring to an incident last month in which up to 17 Kiwis were detained in Melbourne after flying in from New Zealand via Sydney using a domestic connecting flight.
The development sparked an outcry from Victorian health authorities for letting them slip through the system.
"Now's the time, because cases are so low and we're opening up, we can have flights directly into our city and our state," Andrews said.
"There will be no quarantine [for people from New Zealand]."
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