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Queensland has eased restrictions on travel to and from all NSW border communities regardless of COVID-19 cases in some of them, in a further hint the state could be moving towards reopening its borders.
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Mass confusion is causing Queensland’s “border bubble” to fizzle, with police at the Gold Coast forced to turn away hundreds of people over the long weekend who thought they could legitimately cross into the state.
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Even when the border bubble is reinstated on Monday, essential workers will be required to show evidence they have had at least one dose of vaccine.
Queensland Health is tracing the movements of a truck driver who brought COVID-19 into the state from NSW. Contact tracers may also have an infected schoolgirl to contend with.
Traffic chaos, kilometre-long queues and hours-long delays continue to face motorists trying to cross into Queensland today as every vehicle is stopped and every person turned back to NSW is photographed and their details recorded, under the hardest restrictions imposed yet at the state border.
Social distancing measures have eased in Queensland – buffets are even open again – but border surveillance is being ramped up to ensure the Sydney outbreak doesn’t ruin everything.
