Dozens of Gold Coast business owners have rallied to protest about the “ghost town” their area has become since the border slammed shut, but many of them say they feel they’re being “forced” to get the Covid-19 vaccine against their civil rights.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has called in the army to enforce Queensland’s hard border with NSW amid a warning there’s a “real and present threat” of a Covid incursion.
Northern NSW communities are begging for a border safe zone to allow travel into Queensland as tradies and prison officers are locked out.
Queensland’s peak business body has slammed the uncertainty around lockdowns as the Premier refuses to be drawn. VOTE IN OUR POLLS
The Prime Minister may have copped flak over the nation’s glacial vaccine rollout, but Queensland is looking likely to be the last state to get 80 per cent of its population fully vaccinated.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to rule out more snap lockdowns, even with an 80 per cent vaccination rate, as the state records two new cases – both in quarantine – and extra police officers are stationed on the NSW border.
A state government-issued edict could be the start of a new way of life where proof of vaccination is needed not only for travel, but also to go to a restaurant, concert or football match, experts say. Would you support it? Have your say in our poll.
Aged care workers are among the dozens of people being turned around at the Gold Coast’s hard border with New South Wales amid chaos, confusion and anger as officials struggle to interpret the rules.
The Gold Coast’s wannabe wolf trader has been hit with traffic infringement notices after his latest exploits on Instagram.
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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