Luxury north Queensland island resort owners Sam and Kerri-Ann Charlton are dismayed at Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's swift decision to ban Sydney's 5 million residents from entering the Sunshine State.
After already enduring a three-month lockdown of Queensland's borders and the loss of international tourists for the foreseeable future, things had started to look up for the Charltons' Bedarra Island Resort, with bookings returning after it reopened earlier this month.