Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced Australia will be closed to quarantine-free flights from New Zealand after a positive case was confirmed there. Australia has put a stop to the New Zealand travel bubble for 72 hours after a South African variant of COVID-19 was detected in a woman after 14 days of isolation. Since October, New Zealanders have been able to travel to Australia quarantine-free if they have been in New Zealand for 14 days or more and not been in a designated hotspot. On Sunday, NZ health authorities revealed a 56-year-old Northland woman had tested positive for the virus after completing her 14-day isolation after arrival in New Zealand. The woman returned two negative tests while in her compulsory hotel stay, and was released on Jan. 13 before travelling around the region with her husband. Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters in Canberra on Monday all passengers from …