Tas to exit lockdown, premier defends call

By Callum Godde
Updated October 18 2021 - 3:37pm, first published 3:33pm
Premier Peter Gutwein is adamant the three-day lockdown in southern Tasmania was necessary.
Premier Peter Gutwein is adamant the three-day lockdown in southern Tasmania was necessary.

Tasmania's premier insists a three-day lockdown of the state's south was warranted, as it wraps up on time following no evidence of onward transmission from an infected hotel quarantine escapee.