{"id":49584,"date":"2021-02-11T07:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=49584"},"modified":"2021-02-11T07:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:16:15","slug":"police-commissioner-talks-about-snap-decision-to-close-sa-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/police-commissioner-talks-about-snap-decision-to-close-sa-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Commissioner Talks About Snap Decision To Close SA Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has denied over-reacting when he <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/sa-closes-to-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closed the border to residents from Greater Melbourne last night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stevens-FiveAA-Internet-2021-02-11-07-08-32-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From midnight residents of Greater Melbourne were not able to enter South Australia, and essential travellers, returning SA residents and people moving permanently will be allowed in, but must complete a 14-day quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Stevens told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Thursday the move was not an overreaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so. Clearly we\u2019re acting on the advice of SA Health and SA Health have been in close contact with their counterpart in Victoria. You don\u2019t get a second chance at these things and if we were to sit on our hands and hope everything goes well over there and that\u2019s not the outcome then I\u2019m sure we\u2019d be under the spotlight for not having taken action that would\u2019ve prevented COVID-19 from seeping into SA.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner said he was \u201chopeful\u201d he would be able to lift the restrictions quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>FIVEAA LIVE STREAM \u2013 THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY \u2013 WATCH HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F460791944954323%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has denied over-reacting when he closed the border to residents from Greater Melbourne last night. 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