Despite never recording a case of coronavirus from community transmission, the NT Government will now force Territorians to “check-in” at venues by providing their personal details.
Anyone visiting a long list of businesses will have to provide their name and phone number as well as log the date and time of entry if they wish to spend more than 15 minutes in the business.
The changes will come into effect November 30 and will be implemented as the NT opens up to all of Australia – with Melbourne expected to have its hotspot status lifted by Christmas.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner said the new “COVID-safe check-in system” was necessary to keep the NT “ahead of the game”.
“We will now bolster our contract tracing regime,” Mr Gunner said at a press conference Monday morning.
“As we have more and more visitors to the Territory it makes sense to add another layer of protection to our defence against coronavirus – just in case, just to be extra safe.
“This is not because the risk to the Territory has increased. This is about planning ahead and staying ahead.”
The list of businesses includes bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes, as well as hairdressers, beauty services such as nail salons, health centres, gyms, libraries and art galleries and tourism operations, among many others.
Details of how the information will be collected is still being worked out, Mr Gunner said.
He said the personal details of Territorians could include electronic collection by a QR code system or by a “pen and paper system”.
The NT chief health officer will be releasing further details later this month as the NT Government works with businesses to roll out the new requirements.
“We will now get more feedback in the next few weeks and refine the proposed rules,” Mr Gunner said, adding that compliance checks will be undertaken.
“Just like last time, enforcement will not be their first action, and we’ll work with businesses and organisations to help get the compliance.”
New Labor with its usual hatred of small business seems to have forgotten about big business, Coles Woolies Bunnings.
NT Independent do you have a better photo of the Chief you can use?
The ABC NT and NT News have a swag of better ones!
It is unlawful what Gunnar is proposing as far as being forced to provide ones details to be able to go to businesses
It is a breach of human rights and a breach of the Commonwealth of Australia Constituion act 1900 (UK) and 1901 as proclaimed and gazetted. For those who are ill informed you can sue Gunnar and sny Police officer or so called guard if they tryto to enforce Gunnarsxrules. They are not laws and he does not have constituional Authority to impose them. I urge you all to read s.109 of the above constitution. Gunner is committing treason just by suggesting he is going to enforce this unlawful rule.and just for your infotmation gunnar, you are subject to all the laws of the 1901 constituion just like everyone else, you should as a matter of urgency read clause 5 of our 1901 Constitution. It just might save youvfrom s pending the rest ofcyour life in jail for treason. I urge all territory Police to stand up and be counted on this because you will be breaking the law toobifcyou enforce this unconstiyutional rule. Legislatures have omly li mited powers in Australia and they are all contained i n s.51 of our constituion. Take a leaf out of what the police are doing in NSW and VIC now,, they are coming together to refuse to implement these unlawful draconian rules over the false pandemic. The now know it was and is a setup to enslave the the worlds population and eventually cut the worlds population by 95%.these are researched facts, not fiction. The police must at all times be independent from the legislatures and one of their key rolls is to investigate crimes against our constitution and the Australian people by politicians and the judiciary,
For example. All so called courts that has only one judge or magistrate presiding is a breach of the common law and are known as star chambers or synagogues of satan. And have been outlawed for centuries world wide. Why? If you read blacks law , no one person on the planet is unbiased, so if a judge or magistrate doesn’t like your looks he or she can rule a gainst you in these star chambers as they to on their own are biased. So you could be convicted even though you have proved you committed no crime. And this is rife in Australia.
So i urge all police in the NT, do your real Job and arrest any out of control politician of member of the judiciary wgen the y abuse their powers. There is no such thing in Australia as a government, they are only legislatures with limited powers under s.51 of our constituion, political parties are outlawed under s.44 of our constitution and in 1988 we had a referenfum asking us if we wanted the continuance of local govt.
We said no. Austrslia wide. So wha t are they doing still
In existance. All councillors since that referendum are committing treason agaibst the Crown, our constiyuion and the people. As for the NT legislature leasing Darwin Harbor to the Chinese and a llowing foreign ownership of Australian land and business. They are acts of treason. Wake up prople you sre being governed by trsit ods snd it is the foremost job of Australia n Police to arrest them and charge them with treason and and fraud. Treason is life imprisonment. If the police do nothing about this treason then they themselves can be held to account for misprison, which is aiding and abetting treason.
Victor Sturgeon a living breathing man and sworn and noted Commonwealth Public Official under the Crown and the rights afforded me under the Commonwealth of Australia Constituion Act 1900(UK)and 1901 as proclaimed and gazetted
The penalty for interfering with a (CPO) IS FOUR AND A HALF YEARS JAIL FOR EACH OFFENCE