PoliticsQueensland votesPrint articleBorder hardball expected to pay off for PalaszczukMark LudlowQueensland bureau chiefOct 30, 2020 – 5.33pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginQueensland will remain closed to greater Sydney and Victoria after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced she would extend the draconian border measures for at least another month.The announcement made on the eve of the Queensland election on Saturday was labelled "ridiculous" by Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, but it is expected to help the Palaszczuk government win a third term in office.Loading...Mark Ludlow writes on politics, energy and infrastructure based in Brisbane. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mludlow@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreQueensland votesAnnastacia PalaszczukDeb FrecklingtonCoronavirus pandemicLatest In PoliticsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineHow much to tip? And other restaurant conundrums to chew onJill DupleixIbiza’s ditching its party image. It reflects a wider phenomenonThe next trend in hotels? Never checking outBOSS Financial ReviewHow this CEO drafted a report while cooking noodlesHannah TattersallThese execs studied offshore MBAs. Here’s what they did nextThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AILife & LeisureThe architect of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower is inviting you to his homeMax AllenThese innovative electric ferries look like nothing else on the water‘I was always constrained by budgets, but not with AI’Rich ListShuffle follows Stake into the gutterPrimrose RiordanToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fire‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensive