Lifeline for hospital workers after MP slams border ‘disgrace’
After a local MP raised concerns, a Gold Coast hospital has moved to ensure critical staff who live across the border can make it to work on Monday.
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‘Not out of the woods’: No cases but cluster threat remains
Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 overnight, but the Premier has warned we are “not out of the woods yet” and anticipates more cases from the Indooroopilly cluster that sent the state into lockdown on July 31.
Shot on sight: Menacing magpies in crosshairs of new laws
Queensland may adopt NSW-style laws allowing magpies to be shot on sight following a baby’s freak death. VOTE IN OUR POLL
New border turmoil as all of NSW locked down
Extra police are being sent to the Queensland-NSW border after the whole of the southern state was plunged into a snap seven-day lockdown, causing chaos for tens of thousands of people in border communities.
Tracing alert: Brisbane woman travelled to CQ while infectious
Queensland has recorded nine new Covid-19 cases – one of them an external contractor working on the Rookwood Weir project west of Rockhampton who travelled there for three days.
Lockdown restrictions: What you can and can’t do
Eleven southeast Queensland Local Government Areas will go into a snap three-day lockdown from 4pm on Saturday. It will be the “strictest” the state has seen. Here’s what you can and can’t do.
Backpacker infectious in community among QLD’s 20 new Covid cases
Queensland has recorded 20 new cases of Covid-19 and one new case of community transmission overnight, with 19 crew members of a vessel and a person who stayed in a Brisbane backpackers making up the total.
Locked out: Qld slams border shut to three more NSW areas
Queensland will close its border to three New South Wales local government areas from 1am tomorrow morning, it comes after a woman tested positive to the Delta variant after returning from Melbourne.
Schoolboy brother of teen with highly contagious strain also tests positive
The brother of a Prince Charles Hospital worker who triggered a three-day Covid-19 lockdown affecting about 4 million Queenslanders has also tested positive to the virus.
Track fault causing major delays across southeast Qld network
Rail services on all southeast Queensland lines are experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes due to a track fault in Brisbane.
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