New South Wales (NSW) will begin trialling home quarantine for international arrivals at the end of this month as the state gets ready to open up after a prolonged COVID-19 lockdown. The pilot program will consist of 175 people, including 50 Qantas aircrew, who have received two doses of a TGA-accredited vaccine. They will be required to isolate for seven days, but positive cases must remain in quarantine for 14 days. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was optimistic that families would soon be able to reunite and would also be happy to see hotels returned back to tourists. “Hotel quarantine has been an important line of defence throughout this pandemic but as we move towards our vaccination targets, we have to look at new ways of doing things,” Bereijklian said. NSW Minister for Tourism Stuart Ayres said high vaccination rates had been the key to driving progress in the …