The government denied reports circulating on Monday that it was considering postponing the next sitting period due to growing COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney.

But what restrictions the Parliament would put in place to mitigate against transmission may still change, as the restrictions put in place by the ACT government could affect travel for some time, the Chief Minister confirmed on Monday.

MPs from Greater Sydney will need to quarantine for 14 days on arrival in Canberra starting no later than next Monday night if they intend to walk into Parliament for its resumption.

The two presiding officers of the Parliament have been seeking ongoing advice from health officials, including the ACT's Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman, about risk-based protocols during the pandemic.

Members of parliament who cannot attend will be able to participate remotely under arrangements in place since last year's Victorian lockdowns.

Health Minister Greg Hunt, who is from Victoria, said it was too early to say how the outbreak in NSW would evolve by the time of the next sitting period

"We have been able to do this before and we will find a way to do this again," he said on Monday.

Those responsible for deciding the best course of action, including Leader of the House Peter Dutton and his opposition counterpart Tony Burke, would be considering the arrangements, he said.

Victorian Labor MP Julian Hill, who went through two quarantine stints in Canberra last year at two weeks each, said he would risk another as it was his duty as an elected official, unless he had health or caring responsibilities that stopped him travelling.

"The Parliament must sit as schedule," he said. "This resurgent national crisis is due to Scott Morrison's failing. He can't just run and hide from accountability."

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Sydney MPs told The Canberra Times it was too soon to determine if they would return to Canberra or participate in Parliament remotely.

Labor MPs contacted by The Canberra Times said they would likely oppose postponing Parliament.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the logistical challenge existed mostly for MPs returning rather than arriving, as the territory had not closed its borders other than to residents of Greater Sydney.

"We would need to put in place similar quarantine arrangements that we did last year for Victorian MPs, [again] this year for Sydney MPs," he told reporters.

"It's a matter for the Federal Parliament to determine whether they will adjust the sitting period to reflect the circumstances that we find ourselves in."

ACT Health has worked closely with the Federal Parliament to understand what conditions they intended to put in place, said the territory's Health Minister, Rachel Stephen-Smith.

"Quite often when we have seen these situations in the past, the Parliament itself has placed really strict rules about restricting any social activity, restricting meetings and gatherings, mask-wearing, physical requirements for physical distancing ... to reduce the potential risk of transmission in Parliament House," she said.

"I know that our officials are already having conversations with the powers that be in the Parliament to determine what those restrictions might look like in terms of the next parliamentary sitting, and they'll continue to do that."

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