Scenes on the Pacific Motorway at the Queensland and New South Wales border on the Gold Coast, Friday, July 23, 2021. (AAP Image/Jason O'Brien)

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Infected truckies a sign that NSW outbreak is worse than thought: Palaszczuk

Queensland has tentatively reopened the ‘border bubble’ with NSW despite fears the Delta variant is already being carried north and will inevitably spark another outbreak.

Insights

Unions and business agree, but governments still passing buck on workplace jabs

Can companies demand their workers get vaccinated against COVID-19? Don’t ask state or federal governments. They’re too busy passing the buck writes Robert MacDonald

Politics

Angry Premier denies using polls to make Covid decisions

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to release expensive research that asked Queenslanders how her government should manage COVID-19, angrily denying the data guided her decisions on the pandemic.

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Come home now, Premier tells Queenslanders but keeps border open

Queenslanders in regional NSW have been told to return home now to avoid being locked out if the coronavirus spreads beyond greater Sydney.

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Zero cases, but another week of masks as we wait for one person to be happy

Queensland appears to have beaten the threat of another COVID-19 outbreak after no new cases of the infection were reported either in the community or in hotel quarantine overnight.